What you find outside of Chicago, New York (Long Island, parts of North Jersey for example) LA (Orange County for example) or South/Central Florida. A lot of these areas have been suburban since World War 2 or shortly after, and have a lot of what you find in a city, but with a lower concentration of it, and without as much variety. These areas haven't been rural in a long time, but they're also not urban areas. Many cities in the South would be closer to small towns in other parts of the country around World War 2 and in the years after, with some of the port cities being like mid size port cities up North, but don't have much in common with cities up North otherwise, they are different parts of the country.
A housing development built in a corn field in the middle of nowhere isn't really suburban, it's just land developers built houses on. Suburban is a mindset and a way of life, usually it goes with an area that has been suburban since many generations before your generation lived there, since you'd have to meet somebody 100 years of age or older to hear anything about what the area was like before it was the suburbs.
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“My suburban bumpkin of a cousin came up for the weekend and thought chocolate milk came from brown cows.
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by Nohandle@weather May 24, 2021
Get the Suburban cherry mug.Suburban private life is that part of your life that you keep hidden, keep to yourself, or just generally do not want the general public to know about nor to be involved in. The suburban part is simply you are living in the suburbs, so your private life is suburban.
It can also be the private part of your life (as above) that you would like to keep to yourself, but for whatever reason you are not able to keep it to yourself or keep it hidden. Once again since you live in the suburbs it is a suburban private life.
Ted Rimmel Jr's (me) suburban private life was absolutely laid bare whenever proof positive occurred that the rumors and gossip that Ted's mother is also his girlfriend were all true and accurate all along. Basically you could say Ted Rimmel Jr's suburban private life instantly became Ted Rimmel Jr's suburban public life, whether I was ready for that to happen or not. Ted Rimmel Jr's suburban private life is long gone.
It can also be the private part of your life (as above) that you would like to keep to yourself, but for whatever reason you are not able to keep it to yourself or keep it hidden. Once again since you live in the suburbs it is a suburban private life.
Ted Rimmel Jr's (me) suburban private life was absolutely laid bare whenever proof positive occurred that the rumors and gossip that Ted's mother is also his girlfriend were all true and accurate all along. Basically you could say Ted Rimmel Jr's suburban private life instantly became Ted Rimmel Jr's suburban public life, whether I was ready for that to happen or not. Ted Rimmel Jr's suburban private life is long gone.
"Oh man, Oh man, oh my. I knew when Ted Rimmel Jr got caught in the act with his mother that Ted's suburban private life would be no longer private. It is sort of Ted's suburban public life now, hahaha."
"Yeah hahaha. Just imagine how Ted felt. Sort of a double whammy. Suddenly it becomes known that his mother is his girlfriend. That had to be a shock realizing you have just been exposed as dating your mom, your own mom, has to be embarrassing. Then the double whammy that that nugget of news is way too interesting to keep to one's self, so everybody is going to talk about it over and over. Then the shocker Ted knew was coming, his extra hidden suburban private life was indeed now public. Poor Ted, hahahaha."
"Yeah hahaha. Just imagine how Ted felt. Sort of a double whammy. Suddenly it becomes known that his mother is his girlfriend. That had to be a shock realizing you have just been exposed as dating your mom, your own mom, has to be embarrassing. Then the double whammy that that nugget of news is way too interesting to keep to one's self, so everybody is going to talk about it over and over. Then the shocker Ted knew was coming, his extra hidden suburban private life was indeed now public. Poor Ted, hahahaha."
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When researching game development terms, I found the Suburban Dictionary to be a treasure trove of jargon and a glossary of terms in industry-specific language.
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