cultural question

[miconazole.livejournal.com]

Hey guys, does the concept of suburbia exist in Russian? I'm looking for a word for "suburbs", but the closest I've got is "пригород" which doesn't seem to mean exactly the same thing. What would you call something that looks like this?



I think most Russians probably don't live in places like these (while almost everyone in Australia does) so is it better to say австралийский пригород or американский пригород to distinguish them from the Russian пригороды which seem to just be smaller cities?

Comments

[aciel.livejournal.com]

'Course, dachas are similar to suburbs, excepting that they tend to be a little further out on average, and people only go there on weekends...

[oryx_and_crake]

Suburb is where the people live who work in the city (that's an important point); therefore, a dacha is not like a suburb at all.