I believe suburban / suburb area means the low density residence area, around high density city centers. Like the city center has high block buildings and further from the center there's a suburb with smaller houses.
Nope - suburban relates to towns & cities, whereas rural relates to countryside.
Close to the city but not in it
Urban
yes!
Urban refers to a city. Suburban refers to the communities around an urban area.
== == Metropolitan; urban; suburban
Yes.
Sydney
I live in a suburban area. Use it like that. You can also say "I live in the suburbs."
No NYC is very much an URBAN area.
425 is a suburban Seattle area code.
Depends on the laws