Suburb

===In the United Kingdom and Ireland===
[[File:Highfields2.jpg|thumb|[[Upper middle class]] suburban housing in [[Swords, Dublin]], Ireland. ]]
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the term ''suburb'' simply refers to a residential area outside the city center, regardless of administrative boundaries.<ref name="Hollow 2011"/> Suburbs, in this sense, can range from areas that seem more like residential areas of a city proper to areas separated by open countryside from the city center. In large cities such as London and Leeds, many suburbs are formerly separate towns and villages that have been absorbed during a city's expansion, such as [[Ealing]], [[Bromley]], and [[Guiseley]]. In Ireland, this can be seen in the Dublin suburban areas of Swords, [[Blanchardstown]], and [[Tallaght]].