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exurb /ˈɛksəːb /noun North AmericanA prosperous area beyond a city’s suburbs: the exurbs of New York City...- The far exurbs of our coastal cities, and the sprawling new metropolitan regions like Orlando, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Atlanta now represent the de facto headquarters of the American dream.
- Although, the suburbs and exurbs are definitely where the population growth and hence the representation in government are happening.
- And if you've spent time in American suburbs or exurbs, and then gone to Europe or Asia, you know that we really do live differently.
Derivativesexurban /ɛkˈsəːb(ə)n/ adjective ...- With more than 3,500 stores in the United States alone, the company is fast approaching saturation in the rural and exurban markets on which its business has been built.
- Perhaps more big-city media outlets should send expeditionary forces into rural and exurban parts of their states and report on what people there are thinking.
- Many Americans, in mostly exurban and rural counties, subscribe to this tradition and practice.
exurbanite /ɛkˈsəːb(ə)nʌɪt/ noun & adjective ...- Pop Surrealism's honest, sometimes brutal criticisms might leave some exurbanites dumbfounded.
- The new owners of the severed house are very likely to be exurbanites seeking a bucolic countryside experience; tensions for the farming practices for the surrounding farmers are likely.
- With voicemail, e-mail, cell phones, and the Internet connected to every spot on earth, these exurbanites can carry their offices wherever they go.
Origin1955: coined by A. C. Spectorsky (1919–72), American author, either from Latin ex 'out of' + urbs 'city', or as a back-formation from the earlier adjective exurban. |