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Suburb. Suburbia near Colorado Springs, Colorado (above) is emblematic of the continuous sprawl making up the inner suburbs of major cities, in contrast with Monroe Township, New Jersey (below), characteristic of an outer suburb, or exurb, of New York City, with a lower population density. A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within ...
Urban culture. Urban culture is the culture of towns and cities. The defining theme is the presence of a large population in a limited space that follows social norms. [1] This makes it possible for many subcultures close to each other, exposed to social influence without necessarily intruding into the private sphere. [2]
William Levitt. William Jaird Levitt (February 11, 1907 – January 28, 1994) was an American real-estate developer and housing pioneer. As president of Levitt & Sons, he is widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia. In 1998 he was named one of Time Magazine 's " 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century ."
Suburbanization. A suburban land use pattern in the United States ( Colorado Springs, Colorado ), showing a mix of residential streets and cul-de-sacs intersected by a four-lane road. Suburbanization ( AE ), or suburbanisation ( BE ), is a population shift from historic core cities or rural areas into suburbs, resulting in the formation of (sub ...
Suburban Gothic is defined by Bernice M. Murphy as "a subgenre of the wider American Gothic tradition which dramatises anxieties arising from the mass urbanisation of the United States and usually features suburban settings, preoccupations and protagonists". [1] She argues that a common trope of the suburban Gothic is the danger within a family ...
The urbanization of the United States has progressed throughout its entire history. Over the last two centuries, the United States of America has been transformed from a predominantly rural, agricultural nation into an urbanized, industrial one. [ 2] This was largely due to the Industrial Revolution in the United States (and parts of Western ...
Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, [1] [2] starting in the Bronx, New York City. [a] Pioneered from Black American street culture, [4] [5] that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery, [6] it later reached other groups such as Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans.
An aerial view of housing developments near Markham, Ontario; suburban development is often criticised for its uniformity. Criticism of suburbia dates back to the boom of suburban development in the 1950s and critiques a culture of aspirational homeownership. [1] In the English-speaking world, this discourse is prominent in the United States ...