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- noun Plural form of
exurb .
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Examples
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So overall, nationally, we are at historic lows for violent crime and property crime, but in a couple of places we have to really look out for, and those places are what we call exurbs, places that are outside of metropolitan areas, and in new suburbs, where they don't have a history of being - of a poor population that they service, and they have a dramatic rise in the number of people becoming poor, and they don't quite know how to handle it.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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I think yo also find that the ethos of mega-capitalism (apply it to houses, cars, boats, etc.) that you find in suburbs/exurbs is strongly opposed by most rural Americans; indeed, they may be the section of our population that finds such thinking most alien and prima facie absurd (perhaps having to do with a closeness to nature that correctly understands growth without end is cancer and animals and chancre in plants).
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Most people in exurbs live with other family members, and most of them work at jobs where they are surrounded by other people too.
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It it moving to or living in exurbs that makes people so intolerant of difference, or do people intolerant of difference tend to move to exurbs?
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What share of people living in exurbs have 30-mile commutes?
Matthew Yglesias » John McCain Repeats Vegas HSR Lie, Adds New Non-True Details 2009
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It it moving to or living in exurbs that makes people so intolerant of difference, or do people intolerant of difference tend to move to exurbs?
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Since World War II, development has spread out from cities to suburbs and then to fringe areas known as exurbs.
U.S. Farmers Reclaim Land From Developers Robbie Whelan 2011
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The fate of the exurbs will be a pretty huge determinant – as gas prices go up, the ability to commute from 30 miles away will decrease.
Matthew Yglesias » John McCain Repeats Vegas HSR Lie, Adds New Non-True Details 2009
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The fate of the exurbs will be a pretty huge determinant – as gas prices go up, the ability to commute from 30 miles away will decrease.
Matthew Yglesias » John McCain Repeats Vegas HSR Lie, Adds New Non-True Details 2009
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Since World War II, development has spread out from cities to suburbs and then to fringe areas known as exurbs.
Week in Words Erin McKean 2011
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