bedroom community

noun

: a small community that has no major industries and that is lived in by people who go to another town or city to work

They live in a bedroom community just outside of the city.

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State of play: The county's identity as a bedroom community for residents who work in Pinellas and Hillsborough has started to shift, according to county leaders who spoke with Axios. —

Kathryn Varn, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025 The story takes place in Galt, a bedroom community of about 26,000 people south of Sacramento. —

Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024 Mira Mesa is a postwar bedroom community that was developed in part to serve personnel based at adjacent military facilities now known as Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. —

Dennis Romero, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024 As such, this weekend will serve as a homecoming for the school’s new sports czar, who was born and raised in a bedroom community 43 miles north of 30 Rock. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bedroom community

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