North Texas has helped turn the American suburb inside out. Instead of serving as bedroom communities for a central city, places like Plano, Frisco, Irving, and McKinney have become economic and political power centers in their own right.
A New Model for Suburban Development
Corporate headquarters have followed, bringing with them jobs, investment, and influence. This Sun Belt model for 21st-century metropolitan America is increasingly being adopted by the nation’s fastest-growing regions, which are looking less like older East Coast and Midwest cities and more like North Texas, where prosperity extends beyond urban centers.
Original reporting: Dallas TX News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
