To clarify for everyone, here is a map of greater Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia is the dark green area at the bottom right, and its city limits are in white, although they are difficult to see. Within the city limits are many neighborhoods that are not marked on this map, and they are all densely populated. As you can see, the population fans out as you move away from Philadelphia. An area like Jenkintown , which you can see north of the city center, is a suburb which is on the outskirts of Philadelphia.
It is outside the city limits, but it is still part of the densely populated city zone. To the northeast of the city, you can see a vast area of semi-dense population, which is mostly a residential suburban area, with no real "town centers" to speak of. The town of Norristown , to the west, is a suburb of Philadelphia, as is Lansdale , to its north. Pottstown , even farther west, could also potentially be considered a suburb of Philadelphia, since it is a small town and it is within the spread of Philadelphia's population, and people do commute from there into the city, since it is about an hour away.
It could be characterized as an outlying suburb. However, the city of Reading , on the far left of the map, is not a suburb of Philadelphia, as it is large enough and too far away to be within the Philadelphia "region.
The city and its inner suburbs are often referred to together as "Metro[politan] Philadelphia," or "Greater Philadelphia. Loob said:. I consider "suburb" to include areas within city limits but far from the downtown area. Thank you for all your comments! I go along with Brioche, Mide and Loob insofar as I've always considered the suburbs to be an extension of the urban area and the outskirts would be on the edge of those, i. However, the forero who suggested that Farnborough was a suburb of London must be a little out of his tree!
To all intents and purposes, Farnborough is out in the country. Resuscitating a zombie thread here, I realise, but Loob pointed me here from another thread and I see that no one has answered this question yet. I wonder whether the problem lies in how city is defined. Los Angeles is tricky because the city limits are a huge and b pockmarked with unincorporated areas.
Many people would consider Sherman Oaks, for example, to be a suburb of Los Angeles, but it's actually just another named area that is part of the City of Los Angeles. Outskirts, to me, would be the last developed areas before you reached the countryside. Myridon Senior Member Texas.
RM1 SS said:. Not that I've ever heard. What exactly do you mean by 'surrounds', Myri? Ah right. So does that mean that Cockrell Hill etc. Even native speakers don't always agree on prepositions! See a translation. Read more comments. Great answer, thanks! The one learning a language!
Learn about premium features. Suburbs are small towns outside the city, and the people who live there often come to the city to work. Suburbs do usually lie on the edges of larger cities. Suburbs are also associated with a lifestyle oriented around families with children. The word outskirts, which is always plural, refers to the edges of a community. There are outskirts around a city, and these might be suburbs or they might not.
Use affluent to describe wealthy people or areas. Because there are less people and wider, open spaces the suburbs can offer people more privacy compared to city living. This is particularly true when comparing the housing communities of suburbs with the apartment complexes and condos of urban developments. A town can be a suburb of a city, or it can be too distant from a metropolitan area to be considered a suburb of a city. A suburb is a municipality that is socioeconomically integrated with a large city that anchors a metro area.
Do community decisions in the main city impact members of said suburban town? Forbes reports that the average rent in a U. Ask the Editor.
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