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Definition of exurbia in English: exurbianoun ɛkˈsəːbɪə mass nounThe exurbs collectively; the area beyond the suburbs. Example sentencesExamples - Disinvestment in central cities has been coupled with the conversion of roughly one million acres of farmland each year as Americans further expand the reach of exurbia.
- No, we're paving over the prime farmland as Americans flee out into exurbia, trying to flee the overcrowded housing stock in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, etcetera.
- That is leading to exurbia, a two-pronged movement.
- Throw in a poor mass transit system, a small and unpopular downtown, and a population shift to exurbia, and it's a wonder anyone goes to the games.
- About 9 million of them live in the Chicago exurbia that sprawls out to Crystal Lake, 15 miles to the east.
- This once small town is being increasingly populated by white Americans looking for ‘stability and safety’ in the ever-expanding subdivisions of exurbia.
- Accordingly, Buell's purpose in the new book is to ‘put ‘green’ and ‘brown’ landscapes, the landscapes of exurbia and industrialization, in conversation with one another.’
Origin 1955 (originally US, see exurb) 'out of' + -urbia, on the pattern of suburbia. Definition of exurbia in US English: exurbianoun The exurbs collectively; the region beyond the suburbs. Example sentencesExamples - This once small town is being increasingly populated by white Americans looking for ‘stability and safety’ in the ever-expanding subdivisions of exurbia.
- That is leading to exurbia, a two-pronged movement.
- No, we're paving over the prime farmland as Americans flee out into exurbia, trying to flee the overcrowded housing stock in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, etcetera.
- Throw in a poor mass transit system, a small and unpopular downtown, and a population shift to exurbia, and it's a wonder anyone goes to the games.
- Disinvestment in central cities has been coupled with the conversion of roughly one million acres of farmland each year as Americans further expand the reach of exurbia.
- Accordingly, Buell's purpose in the new book is to ‘put ‘green’ and ‘brown’ landscapes, the landscapes of exurbia and industrialization, in conversation with one another.’
- About 9 million of them live in the Chicago exurbia that sprawls out to Crystal Lake, 15 miles to the east.
Origin 1955 (originally US, see exurb) ‘out of’ + -urbia, on the pattern of suburbia. |