Can someone please explain the difference between the U.S. and Australia with regards to geographical terms.
In Australia, for example, we have major cities like Sydney and Perth and lessor ones such as Penrith and Ipswich…within those cities you have suburbs…. …. then you have places called Shires (relates to local government jurisdiction right?) like Redlands or Beaudesert, which are next to Brisbane….shires also have many suburbs....in Tassie shires are called districts right?….and going down from that in size you have towns …or are towns bigger than shires?….anyway, not to confuse things - in terms of region, we are mainly organised into cities, then shires/towns/disrticts/municipalities/councils/whatever-seems-to-be-the-going-term, and suburbs?
My question is – are suburbs common in the U.S? They talk about counties and communities. Are communities like suburbs in Australia? Are counties like shires or districts areas? How come in the U.S. a particular place, eg Burwood in California, can have up to a dozen different postcodes. If Burwood is classed as a city or suburb, do they distinguish areas within just by postode (ie, zipcode in the U.S.).
Confused.
George
In Australia, for example, we have major cities like Sydney and Perth and lessor ones such as Penrith and Ipswich…within those cities you have suburbs…. …. then you have places called Shires (relates to local government jurisdiction right?) like Redlands or Beaudesert, which are next to Brisbane….shires also have many suburbs....in Tassie shires are called districts right?….and going down from that in size you have towns …or are towns bigger than shires?….anyway, not to confuse things - in terms of region, we are mainly organised into cities, then shires/towns/disrticts/municipalities/councils/whatever-seems-to-be-the-going-term, and suburbs?
My question is – are suburbs common in the U.S? They talk about counties and communities. Are communities like suburbs in Australia? Are counties like shires or districts areas? How come in the U.S. a particular place, eg Burwood in California, can have up to a dozen different postcodes. If Burwood is classed as a city or suburb, do they distinguish areas within just by postode (ie, zipcode in the U.S.).
Confused.
George
