Definition of "exurb" [exurb]

• A region lying beyond the suburbs of a city, especially one inhabited principally by wealthy people. (noun)

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• "Think about the rise of the "exurb" and gated communities."
• "By defining the "exurb" as a discrete cultural unit, and by telling the people whose finances and psychologies put them there that their hopes and fears match the Republican Party's agenda, you're practicing lifestyle-as-politics -- especially when you create a coalition combining exurban with rural folks by pitting them against decadent urban elites."
• "It made me feel like I was growing up in much less of a rural exurb."