Collocations for suburb - noun
ADJECTIVE
outer,
outlying
inner, inner-ring (AmE)
northern, southern, etc.
surrounding
people in the surrounding suburbs and small towns
inner, inner-ring (AmE)
northern, southern, etc.
surrounding
people in the surrounding suburbs and small towns
Berlin,
Tokyo,
etc.
affluent, comfortable, exclusive, prosperous, rich, smart (esp. BrE), upmarket (BrE), upscale (AmE), wealthy
poor
middle-class, working-class
respectable
pleasant
leafy, quiet
garden (esp. BrE)
grey/gray
black, white
the mostly white suburb of Woodland Beach
affluent, comfortable, exclusive, prosperous, rich, smart (esp. BrE), upmarket (BrE), upscale (AmE), wealthy
poor
middle-class, working-class
respectable
pleasant
leafy, quiet
garden (esp. BrE)
grey/gray
black, white
the mostly white suburb of Woodland Beach
industrial,
residential
sprawling
out beyond the sprawling suburbs
sprawling
out beyond the sprawling suburbs
PREPOSITION
from the suburbs
For a child from the suburbs, a trip to the city was a great adventure.
For a child from the suburbs, a trip to the city was a great adventure.
in a/the suburb
She's renting in a suburb of Boston.
She's renting in a suburb of Boston.
in the suburbs
People often prefer to live in the suburbs and commute to work.
People often prefer to live in the suburbs and commute to work.
suburbs of
the coastal suburbs of the capital
the coastal suburbs of the capital