metropolitan
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The Regional Plan Association is a non-profit civic organization focused on urban planning for the New York metropolitan area.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
Buyers and sellers are seeing the biggest differences compared with last year in West Palm Beach, which saw a near-40% increase in pending sales, Redfin data cataloging the nation’s largest metropolitan areas show.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
In Montgomery County, PA, home prices climbed 2.5% month-over-month in April, the biggest increase among the U.S. metropolitan areas Redfin analyzed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
A Federal Reserve paper published last year found substantial and arbitrary variation in agent commissions across metropolitan areas.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
In 1945, for instance, AT&T began introducing a kind-of mobile phone service, derived from military radio technology, in a few metropolitan markets in the United States.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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