Suburb
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A suburb 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
Nassau County, New York, on Long Island (top) is emblematic of the continuous sprawl making up the inner suburbs of New York City, in contrast with Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey (below), characteristic of an outer suburb, or exurb, of New York City, with a lower population density.
Suburban housing in the regional city of Griffith, New South Wales in Australia
Suburban areas in the United States. Bellevue, Washington (top left) Orchard Park, New York (top right) Fremont, California (bottom left), and Dulles, Virginia (bottom right)
Upper middle class suburban housing in Swords, County Dublin in Ireland
Streetcar suburb
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A streetcar suburb is a residential community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation. Such suburbs developed in the United
Advertisement for a subdivision in Cincinnati, Ohio, touting the short walk to nearby rail stations
A Toronto streetcar on Queen Street East in 1923 serving streetcar suburbs such as Riverdale and The Beaches.
A Toronto streetcar in 2007 serving the same areas.
1920s tract houses in Mt Lebanon, on narrow lots backing onto the streetcar line