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Census 2010: Many West Michigan townships grow at double-digit percentage rates

The suburbs are growing, therefore cities are dying; if cities are dying, it's because nice taxpayers like southbeagle wouldn't be caught dead there. I can't tell if "cities" is code for "Detroit," or if Grand Rapids, too, is on the cusp of becoming a wicked swamp full of grasping ne'er-do-wells.