SUBURB
Suburb
A suburb is a residential area or a mixed use area, either existing as part of a city or urban area, or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population densities than inner city neighborhoods. Suburbs first emerged on a large scale in the 19th and 20th centuries as a result of improved rail and road transport, which led to an increase in commuting. Suburbs tend to proliferate around cities that have an abundance of adjacent flat land. Any particular suburban area is referred to as a "suburb", while suburban areas on the whole are referred to as ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Suburb
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suburb
Noun
- the area on the periphery of a city or large town that falls between being truly part of the city, but is not countryside either.
- (Australian and New Zealand English) any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.
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