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exurbia

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ex·ur·bi·a  (k-sûrb-, g-zûr-)
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A typically exurban area.
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Noun1.exurbia - a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia
residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

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Of all the dismaying facts the Democrats have had to face since November, the toughest for me is the trend in blue-state exurbia.
The report predicts that sprawl - outmigration from central cities to suburbia, and from older suburbia to exurbia - will persist, but at a slower pace than during the 70's and 80's, as Generation Xers (currently age 34-45) and the Net Generation (19-43) increasingly opt for more convenient lifestyles.
She's clearly examined the work of the most astute contemporary landscape painters--there are possible influences from Helen Miranda Wilson, Jane Wilson, even Rackstraw Downes, though the terrain she's chosen is quite different from his industrial exurbia.
 
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