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What (who) is exurbia - definition
AREA OF LESS DENSITY THAN SUBURBS
Exurbs; Exurbia; Exurban
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![Exurban development (left side) blends into suburban development (right side) in [[Loudoun County, Virginia]], in the western part of the [[Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Massies Corner to Mount Airy.svg?width=200 "Exurban development (left side) blends into suburban development (right side) in [[Loudoun County, Virginia]], in the western part of the [[Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area]].")
exurbia
[?k's?:b??]
¦ noun N. Amer. the exurbs collectively.
exurb
['?ks?:b]
¦ noun N. Amer. a prosperous area beyond a city's suburbs.
Derivatives
exurban adjective
exurbanite noun & adjective
Origin
early 20th cent. (as exurban): from L. ex 'out of' + urban.
Exurb
An exurb (or alternately: exurban area) is an area outside the typically denser inner suburban area, at the edge of a metropolitan area, which has some economic and commuting connection to the metro area, low housing density, and growth. It shapes an interface between urban and rural landscapes holding a limited urban nature for its functional, economic, and social interaction with the urban center, due to its dominant residential character.
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Exurb
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An exurb (or alternately: exurban area) is an area outside the typically denser inner suburban area, at the edge of a metropolitan area, which has some economic and commuting connection to the metro area, low housing density, and growth. It shapes an interface between urban and rural landscapes holding a limited urban nature for its functional, economic, and social interaction with the urban center, due to its dominant residential character. Exurbs consist of "agglomerations of housing and jobs outside the municipal boundaries of a primary city" and beyond the surrounding suburbs.
Examples of use of exurbia
1. "Many people in exurbia are rejecting Romney and McCain and looking at Huckabee as the lesser of three evils," said Matthew A.
2. Another factor is simply workers who want to combine a shorter commute and access to a downtown cultural life with the ample square footage found in exurbia.
3. In America, urban sprawl is eating up 50 acres of agricultural land an hour as cities hurtle from suburbia into exurbia.
4. Families coming from exurbia, where they can still afford the homes, can navigate all the way to the stadium gates in their own cars, where they can enjoy tailgate picnics they made themselves.
5. The second half covers the social trends that are forcing leaders to adapt, relying largely on secondary sources to reprise familiar ground about the cyclical nature of social change, increased mobility, the growth of exurbia and the impact of Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the generation coming of age.