commuter towns
Residential satellite municipalities
Commuter towns are residential communities whose inhabitants work in a nearby larger city, traveling there daily.
The towns themselves offer limited employment; their purpose is housing for people who commute elsewhere.
Bedford is a commuter town for New York City.
Also called bedroom communities or dormitory towns.
- bedroom communityResidential area near employment center
- suburbOutlying residential district
- conurbationsMerged urban regions
- urban sprawlUncontrolled peripheral development
- daily grindWearisome regular routine
exurbs · white picket fence · metropolis · sprawls · suburbanization · park-and-ride · freeway exit · rush hours · station wagon · zoning laws · transportation hubs · housing affordability · public transit · minivan · cul-de-sac · strip mall · garage · garage door opener
- North ShoreWinnetka, Kenilworth, Glencoe, Highland Park, Glenview
- suburbiasuburb, suburbs, suburbia, burbs, subdivision
- urban geographysuburbs, exurbs, bedroom communities, urban sprawl, conurbations
- urban sprawlsprawl, suburbanization, suburbs, subdivisions, tract housing
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- real estatehouse, home, apartment, property, sale
commuter townscity centers
Core urban districts
downtown areas · central business districts · inner cities · capital cities · urban hubs
commuter townsjob centers
Facilities assisting workforce placement
industrial centers · factory towns · company towns · mill towns · market towns
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