Talk:Satellite town

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the use of Satellite towns is not limited to Singapore. Satellite towns exist in other countries, for example the concept forms part of the plan for Canberra (Australia's cpital city) too

actually, the article's badly written. As is, it's not even on Satellite towns in general.Circeus 02:40, May 21, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] how are these different from exurbs?

There's a much more comprehensive article at exurb. If there's no distinction, the articles should be merged. If there is one, it should be explained in one or both articles. —Blotwell 06:26, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


There is a difference. Exurbs are the new generation of Suburban living. Instead of living in the traditional burbs, the ex-urbs are/we're too far a drive for commuting to be considered. With improvements in transportation, people can live farther out from the metropolitan core and still arive to the core on or around the same time it would have taken 25+ years ago.

Examples of ex-urbs in Texas would be:

Examples of satellite towns in Texas would be:

Those are the best examples in Texas. If your still unsure tell me your metro area and i will gladly give you some examples. 71.123.132.71 23:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)