Outskirts and suburbs

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Lynn3

#365796 Wed, 16 May 07 10:26 AM

Are "outskirts" and "suburbs" the same?

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Lynn

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Conchita57

#365830 Wed, 16 May 07 12:04 PM

Both 'outskirts' and 'suburbs' are the outer edges of a town or city. Now, the difference between the terms is that the suburbs is the residential area on the outskirts.

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Philip

#366318 Thu, 17 May 07 02:24 AM

Lynn3 wrote:

Are "outskirts" and "suburbs" the same?

Thanks,

Lynn

My experience in AmE: suburbs are complete communities, often named, outside the limits of a larger city; outskirts are the very edges of towns, bordering the countryside. I wouldn't use outskirts and suburbs as synonyms.

Philip

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