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  2. Urbanization in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The urbanization of the United States occurred over a period of many years, with the nation only attaining urban-majority status between 1910 and 1920. [2] Currently, over four-fifths of the U.S. population resides in urban areas, a percentage which is still increasing today. [2] The United States Census Bureau changed its classification and ...

  3. Suburbanization - Wikipedia

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    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 (American English), also spelled suburbanisation (British English), is a population shift from historic core cities or rural areas into suburbs.

  4. Suburb - Wikipedia

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    Suburb. Nassau County on Long Island, New York (above) is emblematic of the continuous sprawl making up the inner suburbs of New York City, in contrast with Monroe Township, Middlesex County, 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 ...

  5. The Complex Politics of the American Suburbs

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    As of 2020, 54% of Americans lived in suburban areas. They may well hold the balance of power in November, not just in the presidential race, but especially in determining control of the House of ...

  6. List of United States urban areas - Wikipedia

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    An urban area is defined by the Census Bureau as a contiguous set of census blocks that are "densely developed residential, commercial, and other nonresidential areas". [ 1 ] Urban areas consist of a densely-settled urban core, plus surrounding developed areas that meet certain density criteria. Since urban areas are composed of census blocks ...

  7. The American suburbs as we know them are dying - AOL

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    Urban and suburban areas are becoming less distinguishable as modern populations value convenience and location over size. The line between city and suburb has already started to blur, Fadi Masoud ...

  8. Rural areas in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rural area. Rural areas in the United States, often referred to as rural America, [1] consists of approximately 97% of the United States ' land area. An estimated 60 million people, or one in five residents (17.9% of the total U.S. population), live in rural America. Definitions vary from different parts of the United States government as to ...

  9. Urban–rural political divide - Wikipedia

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    In political science, the urban–rural political divide is a phenomenon in which predominantly urban areas and predominantly rural areas within a country have sharply diverging political views. It is a form of political polarization. Typically, urban areas exhibit more liberal, left-wing, secular, cosmopolitan, and/or multiculturalist ...