Huge urban centers were being rapidly surrounded by suburban housing developments and shopping centers. (religion-online.org)
These things have been constructed by deliberate economic and political decisions made over decades, from investments in highways and automobiles to tax subsidies for suburban houses to support for finance and consumer credit. (washingtonspectator.org)
And it's ironic that they move to big suburban houses surrounded by nice land only to remain inside in air - conditioned comfort watching TV. (firstthings.com)