For boom counties that didn’t go bust, theme was diversity

While counties like Deschutes that relied on 2nd-home and leisure-based economies have seen biggest reversals

By Mike Schneider and Mike Baker / The Bulletin
November 1, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. — In the state capital’s downtown core, $500,000 decorative street lights beam down on a bustling crowd who’ve come to dine and play along a recently revitalized plaza.

A few states to the south, the lamp- posts shine on empty lots in a subdivision outside Orlando, where only a....

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