<P> Long - suppressed urbanization and a dramatic housing backlog resulted in extensive peri-urban growth in Tirana (Albania), which during the 1990s doubled the size of the city whereas war refugees put pressure on cities of former Yugoslavia . Elsewhere processes of suburbanization seemed dominant, but their pace differed according to housing shortages, available finance, preferences and the degree of' permitted' informality . The process was slow in Prague during the 1990s and more apparent after 2000, when housing affordability improved . Conversely, Slovenian and Romanian suburban developments visibly surrounded cities / towns during the 1990s . Nonetheless, socialist legacies of underdeveloped infrastructure and the affordability crisis of transition differentiate post-socialist suburbs from their Western counterparts . </P> <P> Various degrees of informality characterized suburban housing from illegal occupation of public land (Tirana), illegal construction on agricultural private land (Belgrade) to the unauthorized but later legalized developments in Romania . Suburban housing displayed a chaotic / unplanned character, especially in south - eastern Europe where the state retains a degree of illegitimacy . Excepting scattered for - profit housing, much of the new detached suburban houses seem self - developed . Allegedly, owner - building has become a household strategy to adapt to recession, high and volatile inflation, to cut construction costs and, finally, to bridge access to housing . The predominantly owner - built feature of most suburban housing, with the land often obtained at no cost through restitution policies or illegal occupation, allowed a mix of low - / middle - income households within these developments . </P> <P> Tijuana has experienced a strong wave of suburbanization from its urban core beginning in 2006 . Historically, Tijuana city, with 1 / 4 the area covering 80 square miles, contained well over 95% of the total population of the municipality, and it was the poor relegated to living outside the city . Despite good highways, however, there was little incentive to move out of the city . However, with a huge escalation of the Mexico drug war violence, middle class city residents and property developers along with retail chains began building suburban communities and sold them as way to isolate themselves and their children from the negative effects . This led to a historic movement to communities outside the urban core, as evidenced by both the type of middle class housing developments and 2010 INEGI census figures . </P> <P> Historically it was believed that living in highly urban areas resulted in social isolation, social disorganization, and psychological problems, while living in suburbs was supposed to be better to overall happiness, due to lower population density, lower crime, and a more stable population . A study based on data from 1974, however, found this not to be the case, finding that people living in suburbs had neither greater satisfaction with their neighborhood nor greater satisfaction with the quality of their lives as compared to people living in urban areas . </P>

What was the most important consequence of suburbanization