Question

These regions are often depicted disconnected from the main body in graphical representations of Harris and Ullman’s multiple nuclei model. The development of these regions (-5[2])is projected to slow down due to energy inefficiency, according to Kenneth Jackson’s book (10[2])Crabgrass Frontier. They’re not in the title, but these regions are called “asylum[s] for the preservation of illusion” that sabotage the “organic” nature of their counterparts in a Lewis Mumford book. These regions represent the outer zones of Ernest Burgess’s concentric zone model. Herbert Gans criticized the homogenous conception of these regions in his book The Levittowners. (10[1])Many people engaging in (10[2])“white flight” moved to these regions. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, name these often-residential regions on the outskirts of cities. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: suburbs [accept inner or outer suburbs; accept suburbanization; accept exurbs; prompt on neighborhoods or residential areas; reject “cities”]
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y9100%0%22%89.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aum MundheRutgers AYale A24-5
Chenyao LiuPenn BYale B24-5
Jack RadoColumbia BColumbia A3810
Arjun BothraHaverfordPrinceton A3810
Owen MimnoNYU ACornell C9510
Ashish KumbhardareRowan APenn A9910
Karsten RynearsonYale ARutgers A9910
Omar MahmoodNYU BVassar10510
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BYale C10510
Cyrus HodgsonBard APrinceton B10710
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BPenn B11810