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exurbia orig. U.S.|ɛkˈsɜːbɪə|
[f. ex-1 + -urbia after suburbia.]
(A quasi-proper name for) the region outside the suburbs of a city; exurbs collectively. Hence eˈxurbian a.
1955A. C. Spectorsky Exurbanites ii. 14 Spreading outward from New York City, roughly the first twenty-five miles is solid Suburbia; thereafter, for a belt extending another twenty-five miles, come the exurbs. Exurbia being a recent phenomenon, and a unique one, it may be interesting to explore..how the exurban way of life came to be..superimposed on..earlier cultural patterns in certain areas. 1956Archit. Rev. CXIX. 81/3 (heading) Exurbia not necessarily subtopia. Ibid., Some of the brightest American designers are entangled with Exurbian development, and particularly its most characteristic building type, the super-market. 1957Technology Oct. 287/1 First-rate teachers, who are not unduly hard to attract to a new school in a prosperous and pleasant area even in the distant fringes of exurbia. 1968D. E. Allen Brit. Tastes ii. 43 That wide belt of smaller towns and villages (‘exurbia’) to which so many of those who work in the Metropolis return to sleep. |