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the suburb that fled the suburbs to get away from other suburbs.
means a prosperous, low-density community beyond the suburbs, populated by people who commute long distances to keep their neighbors far away.
from coined in 1955 by sociologist auguste spectorsky in the exurbanites, describing the ring of wealthy commuter towns orbiting new york city.
distance traderesidents accept longer commutes for more land.
census confusionthe us census still has no official exurb definition.
growth engineexurbs were among america's fastest-growing areas pre-2008.