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Some evidence of what lies ahead comes from census numbers showing these Piedmont counties, after a half century of sleepy growth, to be today among the fastest growing in Virginia — with a rate of population expansion since 1970 faster even then that of Fairfax County.
The acceleration rate is neither slow nor controlled growth; it has moved over onto the fast track, a ^Lane in which it is customary for weighty outside developers to begin playing Chinese checkers with wellintentioned local planning and zoning ordinances.
Experience by now shows something of this life in the fast lane. More northern states and neighboring counties, including Fairfax and
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