Collocations withsuburb

These are words often used in combination withsuburb.

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affluent suburb
Environmental disaster makes no distinction, for example, between the sink estate and the affluent suburb.
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eastern suburbs
These sub-loops allowed more direct journeys to the city centre from the eastern suburbs giving the overall scheme greater viability.
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industrial suburb
Rocklea is a mostly industrial suburb, being the home to many large firms from a range industries.
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leafy suburb
We considered three different areas—a leafy suburb with large detached villas.
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northern suburb
The northern suburb consisted of three distinct areas.
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outer suburb
I feel sorry for some of my outer suburb constituents because they do not experience the joyful aspects of inner city life.
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southern suburbs
In the southern suburbs, inhabitants store water in containers as running water is lacking.
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streetcar suburb
To the east, the district includes early 20th-century houses built along the trolley right-of-way, forming a streetcar suburb.
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surrounding suburbs
Many think that this adds to the charm of the suburb which has curiously escaped the development that its surrounding suburbs have experienced.
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western suburbs
As for samples collected in the city centre, those from western suburbs in residential districts remain differentiated whatever the period examined.
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working-class suburb
The second serves a predominantly working-class suburb with a close affiliation with the local car-making industry.
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