41.   Consolidation led to regional clusters, usually in major metro areas.

42.   Courtney is from inner-city Houston, with ties throughout the metro area.

43.   Competition between the two parties now rages all over the state, and not just in the Atlanta metro area.

44.   Demographer Doug Bachtel points to the huge number of young professionals moving into the metro Atlanta area as the reason behind the trend.

45.   DeKalb Economic Opportunity Inc. is the only metro area winner.

46.   During a snowstorm here last January, the two were in their separate family homes in the metro area.

47.   During his last stint in prison, Dave met a woman from the Albany metro area and married her.

48.   Employment information is for the Seattle-Bellvue-Everett metro area.

49.   Even a relatively green region like the metro area can support far more neighborhood trees, to the benefit of each and every one of us.

50.   Experts expect the metro area to be out of compliance with federal standards for the second straight year, which could eventually subject the city to expensive federal regulations.