suburb
Sign in to saveA suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large city. Suburbs can have their own political or legal jurisdictions, especially in the United States, but this is not always the case, especially in the United Kingdom, where most suburbs are located within the administrative boundaries of cities. In most English-speaking countries, suburban areas are defined in contrast to central city or inner city areas, but in Australian English and South African English, suburb has become largely synonymous
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A suburb is a residential area located on the outskirts of a large city, close enough for people to commute to the city for work while living in a quieter, less densely populated setting. Suburbs matter because they shape how millions of people live, work, and organize their communities, and they can function as independent towns with their own governments or as parts of larger cities depending on the country.
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- Etymology and usage
- Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa
- North America
- United Kingdom and Ireland
- History
- Early history
- Origins of the modern suburb
- Interwar suburban expansion in England
- North America
- Postwar suburban expansion
- Housing
- Worldwide
- Africa
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Canada
- China
- Hong Kong
- Italy
- Japan
- Latin America
- Malaysia
- Russia
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Traffic flows
- Criticism
- In popular culture
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large city. Suburbs can have their own political or legal jurisdictions, especially in the United States, but this is not always the case, especially in the United Kingdom, where most suburbs are located within the administrative boundaries of cities. In most English-speaking countries, suburban areas are defined in contrast to central city or inner city areas, but in Australian English and South African English, suburb has become largely synonymous with what is called a "neighborhood" in the U.S. Due in part to historical trends such as white flight, some suburbs in the United States have a higher population and higher incomes than their nearby inner cities.
In some countries, including India, China, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and parts of the United States, new suburbs are routinely annexed by adjacent cities due to urban sprawl. In others, such as Morocco, France, and much of the United States, many suburbs remain separate municipalities or are governed locally as part of a larger metropolitan area such as a county, district or borough. In the United States, regions beyond the suburbs are known as "exurban areas" or exurbs; exurbs have less population density than suburbs, but still more than rural areas. Suburbs and exurbs are sometimes linked to the nearby city economically, particularly by commuters.