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Orange County, Broward County, Fairfield County, Westchester County, East Bay, Chicago South Suburbs, Chicago North Shore, Greenwich CT, Metroplex, Carmel IN, Inglewood CA
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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Famous suburbs? ...
For many I feel like the counties or regions are more famous than any singular one city or town
NYC Area - Long Island, Westchester Co, and Fairfield Co (CT), and north Jersey. If I had to pick one I'd say Greenwich, CT. Plenty or urban anchor cities like Jersey City, Newark, White Plains, and Stamford.
LA Area - too many to list but first ones that come to mind Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, "the Valley/SFV", Burbank, Pasadena, the anchor cities like Anaheim & Long Beach, and then Orange County. I feel like the Inland Empire would get a shoulder shrug from most everyday people not living on the West Coast
Bay Area - with the notion of Oakland & San Jose as anchor cities, Berkeley, Palo Alto, & Marin County.
Seattle - Bellevue is the only one that has real recognition outside the PNW. Tacoma is an anchor city and perhaps Everett for the Boeing plant. The blue chip suburbs surround Bellevue (Mercer Island/ Clyde Hill/ Kirkland).
Chicago - Chicagoland is what first comes to mind - within it probably Evanston/North Shore, and Naperville
Detroit - Dearborn, Ann Arbor, and perhaps Gross Pointe.
DMV - Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, & Tysons.
Philadelphia - Main Line (would need to google municipalities on the Line), Bucks County sorta stands out
Boston - urban suburbs Cambridge/Somerville. Historic suburbs like Lexington & Concord. Inner Ring suburbs and beyond; locals will know Quincy, Waltham, Wellesley, Marblehead etc. It all bleeds into North Shore, South Shore, & Metro West which are the points of reference mostly used for Boston suburbs and exurbs.
Atlanta - North side of the city is where suburbs like Sandy Springs are considered the bee's knees. Buckhead we know is part of Atlanta, but has an uncanny resemblance of other edge city suburbs like Bellevue.
Miami/South Florida - Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach as anchor cities, Boca Roton is the suburb that jumps out.
DFW - Fort Worth known as the other anchor city after Dallas. Arlington and Plano are pretty well known.
Houston - Katy and Sugarland (kind of, more known by city nerds).
Raleigh- Cary (Containment area for relocated Yankees).
Phoenix - Scottsdale and Tempe feel like anchor cities for the Valley.
Denver - Boulder, and.... yep really that's it for famous burbs. Boulder being known as the famous college town. City nerds will know Aurora and perhaps Littleton for a tragic event.
Minneapolis - St Paul as the anchor city, Bloomington for a really big mall (MOA).
Last edited by Champ le monstre du lac; 02-08-2023 at 12:00 PM..
Orange County, Broward County, Fairfield County, Westchester County, East Bay, Chicago South Suburbs, Chicago North Shore, Greenwich CT, Metroplex, Carmel IN, Inglewood CA
For many I feel like the counties or regions are more famous than any singular one city or town
NYC Area - Long Island, Westchester Co, and Fairfield Co (CT), and north Jersey. If I had to pick one I'd say Greenwich, CT. Plenty or urban anchor cities like Jersey City, Newark, White Plains, and Stamford.
LA Area - too many to list but first ones that come to mind Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, "the Valley/SFV", Anaheim and Orange County. I feel like the Inland Empire would get a shoulder shrug from most everyday people not living on the West Coast
Bay Area - with the notion of Oakland & San Jose as anchor cities, Berkeley, Palo Alto, & Marin County.
Seattle - Bellevue is the only one that has real recognition outside the PNW. Tacoma is an anchor city and perhaps Everett for the Boeing plant. The blue chip suburbs surround Bellevue (Mercer Island/ Clyde Hill/ Kirkland).
Chicago - Chicagoland is what first comes to mind - within it probably Evanston/North Shore, and Naperville
Detroit - Dearborn, Ann Arbor, and perhaps Gross Pointe.
DMV - Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, & Tysons.
Philadelphia - Main Line (would need to google municipalities on the Line), Bucks County sorta stands out
Boston - urban suburbs Cambridge/Somerville. Historic suburbs like Lexington & Concord. Inner Ring suburbs and beyond; locals will know Quincy, Waltham, Wellesley, Marblehead etc. It all bleeds into North Shore, South Shore, & Metro West which are the points of reference mostly used for Boston suburbs and exurbs.
Atlanta - North side of the city is where suburbs like Sandy Springs are considered the bee's knees. Buckhead we know is part of Atlanta, but has an uncanny resemblance of other edge city suburbs like Bellevue.
Miami/South Florida - Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach as anchor cities, Boca Roton is the suburb that jumps out.
DFW - Fort Worth known as the other anchor city after Dallas. Arlington and Plano are pretty well known.
Houston - Katy and Sugarland (kind of, more known by city nerds)
Raleigh- Cary (Containment area for relocated Yankees)
Phoenix - Scottsdale and Tempe feel like anchor cities for the Valley
Denver - Boulder, and.... yep really that's it for famous burbs. Boulder being known as the famous college town. City nerds will know Aurora and perhaps Littleton for a tragic event.
Ok, not a lot of people from FW would be happy if you called it a Dallas suburb.
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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Originally Posted by Gaylord_Focker
Ok, not a lot of people from FW would be happy if you called it a Dallas suburb.
Or Fort Lauderdale, St. Paul, Oakland, Long Beach, Tacoma, etc... key words - anchor cities. I knew better as I've had Fort Worth and San Jose posters come at me for that before.
If Fort Worth can't accept being second fiddle, they can always divide the Metroplex in two or annex Arlington.
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