Within a urban area there's a tendency for land uses to aggregate. A residential area is a land use in which the predominant use is housing. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single family housing, multiple family housing such as (apartments, duplexes, townhomes (or similar configurations), condominiums) or mobile homes. Zoning for residential use may permit some services or work opportunities or may totally exclude business and industry. It ma… (More on Residential)