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...office-space surplus is rapidly spreading to other cities. Vacancy rates are reaching alarming levels in Fort Lauderdale (28.3%), Phoenix (24%), New Orleans (22.7%) and other Sunbelt cities, where the strong economic growth of recent years fanned real estate speculation. As soon as one city is glutted, developers move on to the next. Says Mack Taylor, an Atlanta developer: "When they realized the game was over in Denver and Houston, a lot of them came here...
...city's slumped shoulders extend over a remarkably broad piece of the nation. But some things are not meant to be shared and, until now, the Bears have embodied most of them. No outsider is as wary of freezing conditions as a Chicagoan is proprietary of frostbite. Any Sunbelt slur is returned with a blast of icy superiority. "Bear weather," they call it. A Midwesterner's notion of comfort is plainly more profound than climate, and it is his wisdom that few towns are as provincial as the ones that fancy themselves cosmopolitan. Chicago has no problem with newspaper headlines...
...gubernatorial contests may come in 1990. Following that year's census, 17 to 19 congressional seats will probably be reassigned. About 20 states will be affected by the shifts, with political power continuing to migrate from the Northeast and upper Midwest to California, Florida, Texas and other conservative Sunbelt states. The battle for statehouses and Governors' mansions will determine which party gets the advantage in redrawing congressional district lines in key states. The motto of the Democrats' political strategists has become, "Elections are the battles. Redistricting is the whole...
...public school students) attending year-round classes in 95 schools at all levels. In nearby Oxnard, yearlong attendance has jumped to 7,700 of the district's 11,100 pupils, after starting in two schools in 1976. Twelve-month schooling is catching on in other parts of the Sunbelt. Houston has just approved YRE for 25 elementary schools. In 1983-84 the city had just...
...year-round grind is definitely not for everyone. Families in cold-weather states generally refuse to break with their traditional summers off. Even in the Sunbelt, families with children in extracurricular activities tend to see YRE as disruptive. The staggered vacation times often clash with seasonal schedules for games and practice sessions. Nearly 200 parents in Oxnard lined up in the early-morning hours two years ago to be sure they could register their children in a conventional semester program. But despite such limitations, YRE has grown nationwide, from 243,000 pupils four years ago to 330,000 today...