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Edge City

1)A book written in 1991 by Joel Garreau2)A "Suburb" with a large commercial district that takes on the identity of the metropolitan center, along with all others within a particular MSA/CMSA3)A place which is dependent on the automobile, usually growing up around a mall, freeway exit, and several office parks4)A place which often was nothing but forest and or farmland prior to 1965, or at most a small town5)A place where there are often surface parking lots as far as the eye can see6)The setting of the 1994 Jim Carey box office feature presentation "The Mask." A city plagued by crime and pollution7)A nationally-syndicated comic strip created by Terry and Patty LeBan about a Jewish American family "juggling relationships, careers and traditions at the fast pace of modern life"

edge city

by acb on Feb 21, 2007 03:53:15

A modern, suburban area that acts as a central business district, since it contains lots of office buildings & jobs, malls & shopping centers, cultural and entertainment offerings, and major transportation corridors. The term was coined by Joel Garreau in his 1990 book of the same name.

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Edge city examples include Schaumburg IL, Buckhead GA, Tysons Corner VA, Bloomington MN, Arlington TX, Plano TX, The Woodlands TX, Southfield MI, Bridgewater NJ, Rye-Purchase NY, Framingham MA, Bellevue WA, Silicon Valley CA, Aurora CO, Anaheim CA, Ontario CA, Glendale AZ, King of Prussia PA, Maryland Heights MO, Gaithersburg MD, etc.

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