noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ outer , outlying
▪ inner , inner-ring ( AmE )
▪ northern , southern , etc.
▪ surrounding
▪
people in the surrounding ~s and small towns
▪ Berlin , Tokyo , etc.
▪ affluent , comfortable , exclusive , prosperous , rich , smart ( esp. BrE ), upmarket ( BrE ), upscale ( AmE ), wealthy
▪ poor
▪ middle-class , working-class
▪ respectable
▪ pleasant
▪ leafy , quiet
▪ garden ( esp. BrE )
▪ grey/gray
▪ black , white
▪
the mostly white ~ of Woodland Beach
▪ industrial , residential
▪ sprawling
▪
out beyond the sprawling ~s
VERB + SUBURB
▪ move to
▪
As soon as we can afford it, we'll move to the ~s.
SUBURB + VERB
▪ grow
▪
The middle-class ~s are growing fast.
PREPOSITION
▪ from the ~s
▪
For a child from the ~s, a trip to the city was a great adventure.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She's renting in a ~ of Boston.
▪ in the ~s
▪
People often prefer to live in the ~s and commute to work.
▪ ~s of
▪
the coastal ~s of the capital