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US Census Bureau definition of a suburb: 

  • Any place beyond the boundaries of a “central city” (a population center of at least 50,000 people) but still within the “urbanized”, or relatively dense, economically and socially interconnected “metropolitan area” that surrounds the city
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Kenneth T. Jackson's definition of a suburb:

  • A residential district
  • Settled at relatively low density
  • Comprised of detached simple family dwellings
  • Each on a relatively large lot with an ornamental front yard and a recreational back one
  • Shopping centers surrounded by ample free parking
  • Low- and medium-rise office buildings in landscaped parks
  • Civic institutions like post offices
  • All connected by curvilinear streets
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Down’s description of the suburban vision:

  • Ownership of a single-family dwelling with a yard
  • Unlimited use of the automobile
  • Employment in a low-rise workplace is a park like setting
  • Citizenship in a small community with a responsive local government
  • No poverty
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