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5:44 am on Thursday March 14, 2013
| Posted by Amanda Click
Greater Charleston tagged as 12th-fastest-growing metropolitan area in nation
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Does Charleston feel a bit more crowded than usual? Well, considering that new census estimates rank the tri-county area as the 12th-fastest-growing metropolitan area in the nation, those feelings are fact.
Additionally, Berkeley and Dorchester counties made a top-100 list of fastest-growing U.S. counties.