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May 1969
A Supplement to the Second Regional Plan
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Bergen and Passaic Counties together are the New York Region in
microcosm. They have all of the problems--and all of the potential--of
this dynamic, prosperous, sometimes broad-visioned and great but often
careless and petty urban area. While the two Counties have had far
different histories and relatively little interaction, current events seem
likely to make them more related. The most significant development
decisions facing each County are common to them both.
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