bedroom communities
Residential satellite areas
Bedroom communities are residential towns or suburbs whose residents commute elsewhere—typically to a nearby city—for work.
The community serves primarily as a place to sleep rather than as an economic center in its own right: The town transformed from a farming village into a bedroom community for Boston commuters.
Also called bedroom suburbs or dormitory towns.
- homeownerProperty title holder
- single family homesStandalone dwelling for one household
- dormitoryStudent living building
- commuter townsResidential areas near employment centers
- morning commuteRegular trip to work
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- suburban sprawlsuburbs, sprawl, subdivisions, tract housing, housing developments
- urban geographysuburbs, satellite towns, commuter towns, exurbs, urban sprawl
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Areas for retail activity
central business districts · business districts · industrial zones · financial districts · industrial centers
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