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‘Megapolitans’ in the West may be facing mega troubles

It was the ghost towns and gold rushes — the raw frontiers with sparse, renegade residents — that gave the West a reputation for being mythically wild and independent.

But now, as the Wasatch Front and four other "super regions" of the Intermountain West begin to come of age, it’s time to set the "lone cowboy" ideal aside.

According to a newly released report from the Brookings Institute studying the growth and potential impact of the Wasatch Front, Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas and Albuquerque "megapolitan" regions, the Intermountain West is America’s new, new frontier. But it won’t survive unless it pulls together — and gets some help from the federal government.

By Amy Choate-Nielsen
Deseret News

Full Story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700244513,00.html

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