Definition of "exurbs" [exurbs]

• Plural form of exurb. (noun)

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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."
• "Most people in exurbs live with other family members, and most of them work at jobs where they are surrounded by other people too."
• "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?"