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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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DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.
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