Housing
How the Pandemic Supercharged Sprawl
Fueled by a desire for space and liberated by remote work, homebuyers are pushing development ever deeper into the suburban outskirts of U.S. cities.
When Ronnie Martin graduated from high school in Murfreesboro in 1992, the small city in central Tennessee had “the charm of a sleepy town.”
No longer: In the past 30 years, Murfreesboro has exploded in population, growing 20% in just the last five years.