Curt Fischer wrote:
> 
> Curt Fischer wrote:
> 
> > Also, what in the name of all that is holy is an "inner city suburb"?
> 
> No one wants to chime in here?  I am actually curious about this.  The
> original article said "an inner-city Brisbane suburb" if I recall
> correctly.  To me that is an oxymoron.
> 
> Is this common parlance down in Austria or just a journalist having a
> bad day?  What's it mean?

A person who claimed to be Austrian told me that "suburb" is a name for
administrative districts of cities down there.  Thus "inner city suburb"
is not the oxymoron that it might seem to Seppongo speakers.

Thanks to everyone for their help in this thread.

-- 
Curt Fischer