edge cities, term designating commercial complexes that have grown up on the margins of large American cities, a development that dates mainly from the 1970s. The term was coined by Joel Garreau in his book Edge City: Life on the New Frontier (1991). Sometimes called "technoburbs," edge cities typically develop at the intersection of major highways and feature the amenities that serve large suburban populations in such locations—shopping malls, entertainment centers, hospitals, schools, regional airports, and the like. These settings have proved attractive to businesses for corporate headquarters, which are often sited on appealingly sylvan "campuses," and for office buildings that can house smaller companies. With convenient access and pleasant surroundings, edge cities avoid many inner-city problems. However, critics have noted in them marked class segregation and a diminished sense of community as well as, increasingly, such traditional urban ills as congestion and crime. Representative edge cities include Tysons Corner, Va., Edison Township, N.J., Irvine, Calif., and Plano, Tex.

This is a list of edge cities by urban area.

Asia

South Korea

Seoul

• Bundang
• Ilsan

Australia

Australia

Sydney

• Parramatta
• Chatswood
• Liverpool

Melbourne

• Dandenong
• Frankston

Brisbane

• Springfield

Europe

England

London

• Canary Wharf

France

Paris

• La Defense

North America

Canada

Montreal

• Laval
• Brossard
• Vaudreuil-Dorion

Toronto

• Yorkville
• North York
• Mississauga
• Don Mills
• Scarborough
• Markham
• Etobicoke

Vancouver

• Burnaby
• Richmond
• Surrey

Mexico

Guadalajara

• Zapopan

Mexico City

• Santa Fe

United States

Most of the following edge cities in the United States are named in Joel Garreau's Edge City: Life on the New Frontier. The edge cities not included in the book either developed after 1991, were not mentioned, or qualify by other definitions.

Atlanta

• Buckhead
• Cumberland
• Gwinnett Place Mall area
• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport area
• Midtown
• The Perimeter and I-85 area
• Perimeter Center

Austin

• The Domain-Northwest area
• South Round Rock

Baltimore

• Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
• Columbia
• Hunt Valley
• Owings Mills
• Security Boulevard
• Towson
• White Marsh

Boston

• Alewife T Station area
• Burlington Mall area
• Foxborough
• Framingham area
• Kendall Square–MIT area
• Massachusetts Turnpike and I-495
• Massachusetts Turnpike and Route 128
• Peabody-Danvers
• Quincy-Braintree
• Southern New Hampshire

Charlotte

• SouthPark
• University City

Chicago

• Illinois Technology and Research Corridor
• Aurora
• Lisle
• Naperville
• Oak Brook
• Oakbrook Terrace
• Lombard
• I-94 "Lake Shore Corridor"
• Skokie
• Northbrook
• Deerfield
• Buffalo Grove
• Lincolnshire
• Vernon Hills
• Lake Forest
• Golden Corridor/Northwest Corridor
• O'Hare area
• Rosemont
• Arlington Heights
• Rolling Meadows
• Schaumburg
• Hoffman Estates
• Elgin
• Itasca

Cleveland

• Chagrin Boulevard and Interstate 271 area (Beachwood)
• Rockside Road and Interstate 77 area (Independence)
• Great Northern Boulevard and Interstate 480 area (North Olmsted)
• Crocker Road and Interstate 90 area (Westlake)

Dallas–Fort Worth

• Galleria Dallas–LBJ Freeway area (also known as the "Blade Runner Landscape")
• Las Colinas
• North Central Expressway area
• Far North Dallas–Electronic Data Systems area
• Richardson–Plano area
• Stemmons Freeway–Love Field area
• Turtle Creek–Oak Lawn

Denver

• Denver Technological Center area
• Cherry Creek

Detroit

• Ann Arbor–Route 14 area
• Auburn Hills
• Dearborn–Fairlane Village area
• Farmington Hills
• Southfield–Northland Center area
• Southfield–Telegraph Road area
• Southfield Town Center Complex
• Troy–Big Beaver Road area

Fort Lauderdale

• Uptown Business District–Cypress Creek area

Houston

• Clear Lake City–Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center area
• FM 1960 area in Northwest Houston near Willowbrook Mall
• Greenspoint area
• Greenway Plaza
• Houston Energy Corridor
• Memorial City area
• Sharpstown
• Sugarland area
• Texas Medical Center–Rice University area
• Uptown Houston
• U.S. 290–Northwest area
• Westheimer–West Belt–Westchase
• The Woodlands

Indianapolis

• Carmel

Kansas City

• College Boulevard–Overland Park area
• Country Club Plaza area
• Crown Center area
• Kansas City International Airport area

Los Angeles

• Century City, Los Angeles
• Pomona
• Torrance
• Pasadena
• Orange
• Platinum Triangle, Anaheim
• Ontario
• Fullerton
• South Coast Metro
• Irvine
• Burbank
• Carson
• Santa Monica
• Newport Center, Newport Beach
• Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles
• Tustin
• Montebello
• Monterey Park
• Gardena
• Paramount
• Fountain Valley
• Arcadia
• Cerritos
• San Bernardino
• Riverside
• Warner Center, Los Angeles

Memphis

• East Memphis, TN
• Collierville, TN

Miami/Ft. Lauderdale

• Kendall
• Boca Raton
• Deerfield Beach
• Boynton Beach
• Delray Beach
• Sunrise

Milwaukee

• Waukesha
• Wauwatosa

Minneapolis/St. Paul

• Bloomington
• Plymouth
• Eagan
• Eden Prairie
• Minnetonka

Nashville

• Cool Springs

New York City

• Yonkers, New York
• New Rochelle, New York
• White Plains, New York
• Purchase, New York
• Great Neck, New York
• Garden City, New York
• Rockville Centre, New York
• Mineola, New York
• Huntington, New York
• Melville, New York
• Nyack, New York
• Haverstraw, New York
• Union City, New Jersey
• Wayne, New Jersey
• Bridgewater, New Jersey
• Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
• Newark, New Jersey
• Rutherford, New Jersey
• Jersey City, New Jersey
• Fort Lee, New Jersey
• Paramus, New Jersey
• Mahwah, New Jersey
• Hoboken, New Jersey
• Morristown, New Jersey
• Woodbridge, New Jersey
• New Brunswick, New Jersey
• Trenton, New Jersey
• Princeton, New Jersey
• Iselin, New Jersey
• Stamford, Connecticut
• Norwalk, Connecticut
• Danbury, Connecticut
• Fairfield, Connecticut
• Bridgeport, Connecticut
• New Haven, Connecticut

Orlando

• Kissimmee
• Maitland

Phoenix

• Tempe
• Scottsdale
• Chandler

Philadelphia

• King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
• Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Pittsburgh

• Monroeville, Pennsylvania
• Parkway West

Raleigh/Durham

• Cary

Salt Lake City

• Ogden
• Clearfield

San Antonio

• Northwest
• Uptown Loop

San Diego

• Mission Valley
• San Marcos
• National City
• Escondido

San Francisco/San Jose/Oakland

• Hayward
• Berkeley
• San Mateo
• San Leandro
• Redwood City
• Pleasanton
• Walnut Creek
• Sunnyvale
• Santa Clara
• Mountain View
• Milpitas
• Palo Alto
• Cupertino

Seattle

• Bellevue
• Redmond

St. Louis

• Clayton
• Lemay
• St. Charles
• Richmond Heights

Tampa Bay

• Largo

Washington, D.C.

• Maryland
• Howard County
• Columbia
• Laurel
• PortAmerica–southern I-95
• Montgomery County
• Bethesda–Chevy Chase–Upper Wisconsin Avenue
• Democracy Boulevard–North Bethesda–White Flint Mall area
• Gaithersburg–Germantown
• Rockville
• Shady Grove
• Silver Spring
• Prince George's County
• Bowie Town Center
• Greenbelt
• Lanham–Landover–Largo
• Virginia
• Arlington County
• Crystal City
• Pentagon City
• Rosslyn–Ballston
• Alexandria
• Eisenhower Valley area
• I-395 corridor
• Old Town Alexandria
• Fairfax County
• Fairfax Center–Fair Oaks Mall area
• Merrifield
• Reston–Herndon–Dulles Toal Road area
• Tysons Corner
• Washington Dulles International Airport–Route 28 area
• Loudoun County
• Greater Leesburg–Route 7 area
• Prince William County
• Gainesville

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