Do the larger cities in Europe have suburbs that are characterized as bedroom or commuter communites or are larger cities set up as distinctly urban (mostly vertical housing and business)? When my wife and I visited Australia, there was a noticeable and sudden difference between rural Melbourne and the city of Melbourne. I was wondering if Europe is similar or if they also have gradual suburban sprawl.
EDIT I am requesting information on what Europe IS like rather than what Europe is NOT like when compared to the USA.
This message last edited by MrFarstrider on 15/12/2014 at 03:18:41 AM
Do European Cities Have Suburbs?
- 14/12/2014 08:42:35 PM
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Depends on the city, I suppose.
- 14/12/2014 09:08:09 PM
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I thought Brussels didn't know if it was a suburb of Paris or Köln 
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- 15/12/2014 11:50:31 PM
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- 15/12/2014 11:50:31 PM
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I think theirs urban areas areblesslikely to be blighted ghettos than ours are.
- 14/12/2014 11:59:53 PM
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What does American busing have to do with European Suburbs? *NM*
- 15/12/2014 01:47:45 AM
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Just that they don't have busing, and thus less incentive to live away from the city
- 15/12/2014 02:15:06 AM
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Seems an unnatural method for describing Europe.
- 15/12/2014 02:58:52 AM
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What Paul said is my experience too.
- 15/12/2014 11:19:13 AM
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In the US the suburbs are often bigger than the cities and typically much more liveable
- 15/12/2014 02:01:17 PM
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