by Zuhairaa February 20, 2021
Get the Slumou mug.1. A derisive term for older suburbs that are declining into poverty. The word is a combination of "Slum" and "Suburbia."
2. The bleak future for many aging American suburbs.
3. What happens when people refuse to take urban planning seriously.
Slumburbia is almost always found in large metro areas. As middle-class residents move farther and farther away from the urban core, the closer-in suburbs start to deteriorate. Property values fall leading to reduced local tax revenue, decreased public services, declining schools and increasing crime, especially gang activity. This vicious circle continues for years until the suburb itself is no longer distinguishable from the large city it borders.
Examples of Slumburbia: Hamtramck, Michigan; Somerville, Massachusetts; Camden, New Jersey; and Compton, California.
2. The bleak future for many aging American suburbs.
3. What happens when people refuse to take urban planning seriously.
Slumburbia is almost always found in large metro areas. As middle-class residents move farther and farther away from the urban core, the closer-in suburbs start to deteriorate. Property values fall leading to reduced local tax revenue, decreased public services, declining schools and increasing crime, especially gang activity. This vicious circle continues for years until the suburb itself is no longer distinguishable from the large city it borders.
Examples of Slumburbia: Hamtramck, Michigan; Somerville, Massachusetts; Camden, New Jersey; and Compton, California.
by Peter Kobs March 9, 2010
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A concoction made from available leftovers.
Sometines it's a soup.
Sometines it's a stew.
Sometines it's a hash.
That all depends on the consistancy of the ingredients.
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Sometines it's a soup.
Sometines it's a stew.
Sometines it's a hash.
That all depends on the consistancy of the ingredients.
A common meal for batchelors, musicians & actors.
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Get the soumoun mug.The suburbs outside a large city.
I live in a small town outside Los Angeles, lots of poor and lower income people.
I live in a small town outside Los Angeles, lots of poor and lower income people.
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