What is a suburb?
A suburb is a residential area that surrounds a city. “Residential” means that it has more homes than businesses. You might have thought ‘burbs were a pretty modern invention, but suburbs have existed since the sixth century in Babylon. Back then, wealthy folks moved outside the city walls for a more peaceful, quiet home. In the 20th century, suburbs grew as more people bought cars and could drive farther to and from work. By 1990, the majority of U.S. citizens lived in suburbs. But the spread-out style of the ‘burbs can isolate people and even hurt the environment.
To help visitors find the right property, Suburbs and Town names are provided in the location dropdown box. Simply by clicking on a region, the location box will be updated with all suburbs/towns in which Rent-A-Home has properties. We have prepared Suburb Profiles in our guides to help visitors learn more about the Suburb, things to do, history, attractions and much more.
Gabriel Tate. Illustration Matt Dennis Posted: Fri Dec 1 2006 Soulless patches of urban ennui or hotbeds of creativity? To kick off our celebration of the sticks, we joined six of the capital‘s sharpest brains at the Museum of London and asked them to nail the essence of the London suburb London suburbs – urban ennnui or hotbeds of creativity? Joe Kerr Author and tutor in architectural history at the Royal College of Art London is important because it’s where the modern notion of a suburb – developments that are separate and distinct from the city and primarily for residents – was born in the early nineteenth century. With the growth of the suburbs, London becomes a place that is potentially threatening, unknowable, alarming and chaotic. This is the city we all know and love today. For much of the nineteenth century there were huge swathes of central London in which it was really not a great idea for respectable people to go at all. Feature continues if(typeof(DOUBLE_CLICK_ord)==”undef
