Leaving The City For A Second Home

More and more Americans are purchasing second homes outside of urban boundaries and relocating.

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November 25, 2001, 8:00 AM PST

"As city-dwellers snap up rural homes, experts wonder if vacation retreats of the early 21st century will become the equivalent of bomb shelters in the 1950s... While hardly a mass migration from America's cities, real estate agents in outlying areas from California to the Hamptons are reporting a surge in interest from urban dwellers intent on finding a safe haven from terror in the skies and in the mail. It's a phenomenon that has left experts wondering if vacation retreats of the early 21st century will become the equivalent of bomb shelters in the 1950s."

Thanks to Steve R. Smith, AICP

FULL STORY: Americans buy second homes as a refuge

Saturday, November 24, 2001 in The Christian Science Monitor

Social / Demographics United States

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