With the growth of the automobile and easy access to greenfield development outside the urban core, new, affordable suburbs attracted working and middle class residents, in a process called urban sprawl.

BusinessWeek ranked Weston as one of the "best affordable suburbs" in the United States in November 2006.

Increasing numbers of residents are emigrating to more affordable suburbs and cities around the country, especially to central and northern Florida.

In June 2007, BusinessWeek Magazine ranked Rogers as 18th in the 25 best affordable suburbs in the South.

In June 2007, BusinessWeek magazine ranked Rogers as 18th in its list of the 25 best affordable suburbs in the American South.

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Bloomberg Businessweek ranked Scotch Plains as the most affordable suburb in New Jersey in its 2009 report.

It was a sleepy village until the IT boom has made it into a preferred, affordable residential suburb for IT professionals.

According to a 2010 Forbes magazine/Yahoo.com survey, Montgomeryville ranks 5th in America's top 10 affordable suburbs.

BusinessWeek.com ranked Moon one of five best affordable suburbs in the North East.