housing development - a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management; "they live in the new housing development"

housing estate - a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time

district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

uptown - a residential part of town away from the central commercial district

suburb, suburban area, suburbia - a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

exurbia - a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia

tenement district - a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses

rabbit warren, warren - an overcrowded residential area

Georgetown - a section of northwestern Washington, D.C.

Greenwich Village, Village - a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century