All 4 Uses of
suburban
in
The Tipping Point
- The expression first came into popular use in the 1970s to describe the flight to the suburbs of whites living in the older cities of the American Northeast.†
Chpt Intr. *suburbs = residential areas located near the outer edge of a city where it isn't as crowded
- In his classic 1974 study Getting a job, Granovetter looked at several hundred professional and technical workers from the Boston suburb of Newton, interviewing them in some detail on their employment history.†
Chpt 2suburb = a residential area located near the outer edge of a city where it isn't as crowded
- Move to the suburbs, to put as much distance as possible between yourself and the majority of criminals.†
Chpt 4suburbs = residential areas located near the outer edge of a city where it isn't as crowded
- The first kid I knew who smoked was Billy G. We became friends in fifth grade, when the major distinctions in our suburban N.J. town—jocks, heads, brains — were beginning to form.†
Chpt 7suburban = relating to a residential area located near the outer edge of a city where it isn't as crowded