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These are extended portions of original interviews used in the CNN Special Report, "Where We Live" The interviewers' audio may be low in some places.
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Nelson Burke, with his wife Jennifer, says they decided to live downtown because "friends that we had that lived here... its incredibly convenient location and... the schools."
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Brad Punch, with his wife, Liz, talks about the suburbs: "We've got a great school district. We've got a nice neighborhood. We've got decent neighbors. We've got a great lifestyle."
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Real estate consultant Christopher Leinberger explains how the cost of a second car "would pay down a $120,000 mortgage [on a house]."
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Post Properties CEO John Williams talks about the realities of living in sprawl, describing one lunch where "six people get in six cars ... drove 200 yards... and went into the Longhorn's."
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Centennial Place developer Egbert Perry describes re-establishing "a community that has a school right at the heart of it ... so that people don't have to make that decision to leave when their kids come of age."
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GRTA Executive Director Catherine Ross discusses the expectations of her organization: "Improve air quality [and] reduce congestion... within the context of an economic environment where growth is to be sustained."
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Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes talks about growth: "I think the better definition of dumb growth is no growth at all."
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