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Boomburb — is a neologism for a large, rapidly growing city that remains essentially suburban in character even as it reaches populations more typical of urban core cities. Like edge city , an older and more widely accepted term, it describes a relatively… … Wikipedia
boomburb — (BOOM.burb) n. A suburb undergoing rapid population growth. Example Citation: With its retail and restaurant components and luxury apartments neatly arranged on a 20 acre site, the village breaks the Southwest mold of suburban development. It… … New words
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Suburb — Suburbs are commonly defined as residential areas on the outskirts of a city or large town. Most suburbs in the U.S. are commuter towns with a prevalence of detached [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=uULJlcYkJ1oC Land Development Calculations]… … Wikipedia
Keller, Texas — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Keller, Texas other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = City motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem … Wikipedia
Urban sprawl — Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is the spreading of a city and its suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area. [http://www.sprawlcity.org/hbis/wis.html What is Sprawl?] . SprawlCity.org . Retrieved on 2008 02 07.]… … Wikipedia
Commuter town — Commuters waiting for the morning train in Maplewood, New Jersey, to travel to New York City, New York A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood.… … Wikipedia
Santa Clarita, California — Infobox Settlement official name = Santa Clarita, California settlement type = City nickname = imagesize = image caption = Santa Clarita as seen from the Santa Susana foothills. image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location of Santa Clarita in … Wikipedia
FIRE economy — A FIRE Economy is any economy based primarily on the paper intensive sectors of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (FIRE).It s New York City s largest industry and a prominent part of the service industry in the US overall economy and other… … Wikipedia
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