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Changing population patterns have increased the pressure on farmland. The nation has more, smaller families, and many of them are heading for a home in the country. “Over 40 percent of housing constructed during the 1970s was built in rural areas,” the study reported, adding that 12 million new households are expected in non-metropolitan areas between 1977 and 1995.
As people move farther from city centers, they take up more space. Thomas J. Barlow of the Natural Resources Defense Council cited Minnesota’s Twin Cities metropolitan region: The first million residents occupied about 180 square miles of land, but the second
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