neighbourhoods
Residential community zones
Neighbourhoods is the plural of neighbourhood, the British spelling of neighborhood.
A neighbourhood is the area immediately surrounding a place, or a district within a larger town or city where people live: Several neighbourhoods were affected by the flooding.
The word also describes the people who live there: The whole neighbourhood came out to help.
Defined administrative regions
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- precinctsBounded administrative areas
- boroughsMunicipal administrative districts
zones · areas · blocks · wards · sectors · enclaves · localities · vicinities
Obstructs or sections
- streetsPublic urban ways
- cornersWhere edges converge
- sidewalksPaved pedestrian pathways
- storefrontsForward-facing retail exteriors
bodegas · cafes · brownstones · rowhouses · apartment buildings · high-rises · tenements · alleyways
Changing land-use designation
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- affordable housingShelter scaled to earnings
- mixed-useCombining different functions
infrastructure · greenspace · parks · schools · amenities · property values · boundaries · redlining
Wealthy influx displacing locals
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- historicOf lasting significance
- trendyCurrently in vogue
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
up-and-coming · established · affluent · working-class · bohemian · artsy · diverse · walkable
People living somewhere
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- communityCollective of connected people
- block partiesNeighborhood outdoor gatherings
- associationsMental or organizational links
gatherings · cookouts · potlucks · street fairs · festivals · town halls · civic groups · grassroots
districts
Defined administrative regions
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- precinctsBounded administrative areas
boroughs · zones · areas · blocks · wards · sectors · enclaves · localities · vicinities · townships
blocks
Obstructs or sections
storefronts · bodegas · cafes · brownstones · rowhouses · apartment buildings · high-rises · tenements · alleyways · intersections
rezoning
Changing land-use designation
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- affordable housingShelter scaled to earnings
mixed-use · infrastructure · greenspace · parks · schools · amenities · property values · boundaries · redlining · displacement
gentrification
Wealthy influx displacing locals
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- historicOf lasting significance
- trendyCurrently in vogue
hipster · up-and-coming · established · affluent · working-class · bohemian · artsy · diverse · walkable · leafy
residents
People living somewhere
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- communityCollective of connected people
- block partiesNeighborhood outdoor gatherings
associations · gatherings · cookouts · potlucks · street fairs · festivals · town halls · civic groups · grassroots · cooperatives
neighbourhoodswilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
wildlands · backcountry · hinterland · wasteland · no-man's-land
neighbourhoodsdowntown
Central business district
city centre · central business district · industrial zones · urban core · civic centre
neighbourhoodssprawl
Extend in disorderly fashion
- there goes the neighbourhoodLament about newcomers