Satellite Cities

Satellite cities are a concept of urban planning referring to a small or medium-sized city that is near a large metropolis, but predates that metropolis' suburban expansion and is at least partially independent from that metropolis economically. Satellite cities are different from subrbs because they have distinct employment bases, commutersheds, and cultural offerings from the central metropolis. Satellite cities tend to have hard boundries when it comes to security. The hard boundries are specific rules and blunt discrimmination against certain groups or things. Satellite cities tend to have problems with security though because there is a mixing of public and private police. Some examples of satellite cities in New Jersey are Atlantic City, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton. I found this topic interesting because satellite cities are needed in the economy to feed into the major cities. I think that the satellite cities are what keep the economy running.