Answer to Question 1
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Recently, many of the once-declining central cities have shown signs of rejuvenation and gentrification. Gentrification in an area refers to relatively wealthier people buying property in poorer areas of a city and moving there, which results in revitalization of the area and increased property values but is often accompanied by displacing the poor. Cities such as Atlanta, Kansas City, and Newark, which were losing population a decade or two ago, are now gaining new residents. Gentrification has attracted some suburbanites to come back to central cities. Some of the large city population increase may be the result of the late-2000s recession but large cities are also attractive places for young people to live and work.
Answer to Question 2
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The extent of acid rain in the United States has decreased.
Annual Water Use in the United States
This painting depicts New Orleans in 1803, when the city was acquired—along with much of the modern
The Kingsley plantation, on Fort George Island in Jacksonville, Florida. Zephaniah Kingsley, the own
German and Irish Settlement in the Northeastern United States, 1870
GDP per Capita in the United States, 1870–2009 (Ratio Scale)