The Hard Times Cafe

Life on the fringes of U.S. suburbia becomes untenable with rising gas costs

ELIZABETH, Colorado: "Suddenly, the economics of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy prices inflate the costs of reaching, heating and cooling homes on the outer edges of metropolitan areas.

Just off Singing Hills Road, in one of hundreds of two-story homes dotting a former cattle ranch beyond the southern fringes of Denver, Phil Boyle and his family openly wonder if they will have to move close to town to get some relief."

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/24/business/exurbs.php