suburbanizes
Builds tract housing
Suburbanizes means to give suburban character to an area, or to cause people to move from cities to suburbs.
Urban planners watch as development suburbanizes the countryside, replacing farms with housing tracts and strip malls.
The word can also describe cultural shifts: Television suburbanized American aspirations in the 1950s.
Often carries undertones of sprawl, homogenization, or white flight.
Extend in disorderly fashion
- subdivisionsPortions of a whole
- tract homesIdentical houses built together
- housing developmentsPlanned residential construction projects
- cul-de-sacsStreets closed at one end
zoning · rezoning · greenfield · builders · developers · master-planned · annexation · infrastructure
Indoor retail centers
- strip mallsConnected roadside retail buildings
- parking lotsPaved areas for vehicles
- lawnsCultivated grassy areas
- drivewaysPrivate vehicle paths
garages · fences · sidewalks · streetlights · uniformity · homogeneity · cookie-cutter · manicured
Intermediate socioeconomic group
- commutersDaily work travelers
- familiesRelated people living together
- homeownersProperty-possessing residents
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
migration · relocation · exodus · population shift · resettlement · newcomers · transplants · bedroom community
Adherence to norms
- isolationComplete separation from others
- privacyFreedom from observation
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- AmericanizationAdopting US cultural norms
standardization · blandness · sameness · displacement · erasure · modernization · transformation · sanitization
sprawl
Extend in disorderly fashion
- subdivisionsPortions of a whole
- tract homesIdentical houses built together
- housing developmentsPlanned residential construction projects
cul-de-sacs · zoning · rezoning · greenfield · builders · developers · master-planned · annexation · infrastructure · sewers
malls
Indoor retail centers
- strip mallsConnected roadside retail buildings
- parking lotsPaved areas for vehicles
- lawnsCultivated grassy areas
driveways · garages · fences · sidewalks · streetlights · uniformity · homogeneity · cookie-cutter · manicured · treeless
middle-class
Intermediate socioeconomic group
- commutersDaily work travelers
- familiesRelated people living together
- homeownersProperty-possessing residents
gentrification · migration · relocation · exodus · population shift · resettlement · newcomers · transplants · bedroom community · school districts
conformity
Adherence to norms
- isolationComplete separation from others
- privacyFreedom from observation
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
Americanization · standardization · blandness · sameness · displacement · erasure · modernization · transformation · sanitization · commercialization
suburbanizesurbanizes
Develops into city
centralizes · densifies · gentrifies · revitalizes · intensifies
suburbanizesurbanizes
Develops into city
densifies · concentrates · compacts · consolidates · infills