Talk:Suburb
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Strict definition
"Beyond walking distance"?? Who defined "suburb" that way? A suburb is by definition outside of the city limits. Merely being beyond walking distance from the city's center doesn't put you in a suburb, unless the city is small enough. Michael Hardy 22:16 Mar 20, 2003 (UTC)
- Isn't it defined as outside of the CBD? Usually a city (officially, under one mayor) includes both the oldest/noisist part of Downtown and also the residential or even farming areas. --Menchi 00:22, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Depends. Suburb is one of those words that have slightly different meanings depending on where in the English-speaking world one is located. In some parts of the world, it describes areas of a city that are on the outer edges away from the center, while in other parts it describes seperate municipalities that exist because of their proximity to the main city, but are politically seperate.oknazevad 9 Dec 2004
I'm surprised that we don't have anything on anti-suburban movements, that sort of thing. Rhymeless 07:37, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Because you didn't write it. --Menchi 07:51, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Is Virginia Beach really still considered a suburb? With nearly half a million people, it is the biggest city in Virginia. Michael Hardy 23:14, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- And who came up with the idea that Oakland, CA is a suburb? At nearly 400,000, it's far too large to be considered a true suburb. Plus it has 3 major pro sports teams! oknazevad 20:50, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- It's not so much that it has nearly 400,000 people as that it was historically - and continues to be - a major industrial center, has one of the busiest ports on the West Coast, has a major airport, and is a major rail hub. It is also considered by OMB and the Bureau of the Census to be the center of a major metropolitan statistical area in its own right, as well as being one of the three major cities in the whole Bay Area (the MSA being referred to as the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose MSA). See also ongoing discussion on Talk:California. A different city should be selected as an example. Long Beach, perhaps?--Eric 05:52, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Anaheim and Santa Ana, CA, are not suburbs; both are anchor cities in Southern California. Both Anaheim and Santa Ana have over 350,000 residents apiece.
Santa Ana, a major hub of business and industry, is the second most densely populated major city in the western United States after San Francisco. Santa Ana is a major government center, home to U.S. Federal buildings, U.S. Federal Court House, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Courts of Appeals, has branches of the California Government based in it, and is headquarters to the Orange County Government, which oversees the nearly 3.5 million residents of Orange County.
The two cities are both destination points, which commuters and consumers drive to each morning. Anaheim, Santa Ana, and their neighboring cities are home to several Fortune 500 company headquarters and the regional and national headquarters to many major corporations.
Before the 1950s’ Anaheim did meet the definition of a suburb; however, that changed with the explosive growth in Southern California over the past half century.
http://www.calmis.ca.gov/file/lfmonth/oran$PDS.pdf
Flyingarrow 03:52, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Favelas?
Would a favela be considered a suburb in the same sense as the bidonvilles or shanty-towns? I've put in the reference but if it's inappropriate someone should take it out again. HDC 07:47, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)