1 process, procedure-A process is a set or series of actions directed to some end or a natural series of changes; a procedure is a series of actions conducted in a certain manner, an established way of doing something.
April 5 2007: 10:02 AM EDT. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Atlanta has been the fastest growing metropolitan area in the nation since 2000, with a gain of nearly 900,000 residents to 5.1 million. Also gaining more than 800,000 residents in the five-year Census Bureau report were Dallas/Ft. Worth and Houston. Phoenix gained nearly 790,000.
Los Angeles is sometimes called the Sultan of Sprawl.. the country's fastest-growing suburbs. Not a single one falls in the L.A. metropolitan area. twelve of the country's 100 fastest-growing suburbs are located.