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Stoford, and similar places, were deemed, and were, wholly, or almost wholly, rural, and the real question is how far the term urbs is applicable to them.
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The concept of "urbs" and "suburbs" is one that we've lived with in the United States since the end of World War II.
unknown title 2009
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"urbs," in the language of Bede, signifies a place important, not so much for its size as from its military or ecclesiastic rank, for thus he describes the rock (petra) of Dumbarton as the "urbs Alcluith," and
Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 James Young Simpson 1840
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And I've had to leave an office built with no discernible plan in the wasteland of White City for one designed to within an inch of its life in the glass urbs of MediaCityUK.As with all hard decisions, my wife and I drew up a list; less to come to a conclusion, more to delay the inevitability of having to make a choice.
MediaCity on Monday: 'Finally the focus can again be on just doing the job' 2011
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In order for sub-urbs [as the term is generally understood in America today] to develop, someone had to first invent the technology (or umbilical cord, so to speak) that would allow large numbers of people to live a significant distance from a fully rounded city at an economical price.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Population of the 24 Urban Places [in the U.S]: 1790″ 2010
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As I understand it, “suburbs” — i.e., almost exclusively residential areas (“sub” - urbs) that are attached for sustenance to a nearby fully developed city (or “urb”) — did not really exist in 1790.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Population of the 24 Urban Places [in the U.S]: 1790″ 2010
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In order for sub-urbs to develop, someone had to first invent the technology (or umbilical cord, so to speak) that would allow large numbers of people to live a significant distance from a fully rounded city at an economical price.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Population of the 24 Urban Places [in the U.S]: 1790″ 2010
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Remember that 2004 had been labeled the year that the Republicans seized the ex-urbs, but the economy and a “change” election offer fodder for a shifting plane.
The Early Word: Veep Watches - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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In order for sub-urbs to develop, someone had to first invent the technology or umbilical cord, so to speak that would allow large numbers of people to live a significant distance from a fully rounded city at an economical price.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Population of the 24 Urban Places [in the U.S]: 1790″ 2010
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In order for sub-urbs as the term is generally understood in America today to develop, someone had to first invent the technology or umbilical cord, so to speak that would allow large numbers of people to live a significant distance from a fully rounded city at an economical price.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Population of the 24 Urban Places [in the U.S]: 1790″ 2010
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