: a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and that often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families
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In Colorado, Tiffany Lockwood said she was dropped twice by fire insurance carriers over the 10 years she’s lived in Evergreen, a heavily forested exurb of Denver.
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Dave Marston, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024
The party’s core constituents are white and Christian, and live in exurbs, small towns, and rural areas.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2022
As residents across urban California have decamped for more space and affordability in the exurbs, small towns statewide have grown in popularity.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Most houses built now are either large multifamily properties in urban centers, or tract housing in the exurbs.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
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Dave Marston, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024
The party’s core constituents are white and Christian, and live in exurbs, small towns, and rural areas.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2022
As residents across urban California have decamped for more space and affordability in the exurbs, small towns statewide have grown in popularity.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Most houses built now are either large multifamily properties in urban centers, or tract housing in the exurbs.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exurb. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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