This survey, co-sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation, finds that the number of people living in downtowns increased during the 1990s in 18 of the 24 cities analyzed. Most of the downtown growth was fueled by the movements of white residents into these central business districts. This pattern is a counter trend to the overall loss of white residents in central cities to the suburbs.
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