NPR Story 3:08 pm Wed November 6, 2013  Are We Headed For 'The
End Of The Suburbs'?  For many people, cities are becoming the
place to live, while sprawling suburbs are losing their appeal.
In her new book, “The End of the Suburbs: Where the American
Dream is Moving,” Leigh Gallagher, assistant managing editor of
Fortune, says millennials — the next generation of home buyers —
are abandoning their suburban roots and choosing to raise their
own families in the city.  Along with this shift, suburbs are
also experiencing an increase in crime and poverty. Gallagher
joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson to discuss her research.  Book
Excerpt: ‘The End of the Suburbs’  By Leigh Gallagher  When I
set out to write a book in the spring of 2011, I originally
planned to explore the future of our economy and how the
aftereffects of the financial crisis would bring permanent
changes to various aspects of our lives. But the more I
researched, the more I discovered that the most dramatic shift
involved where and how we choose t