The ring of low density, automobile dependent sprawled cities on the edge of metropolitian areas. The almost exclusively white exburbs have come about because minorities are moving into suburbs due to rising minority incomes, gentrification of the inner city, and the decaying of older poorly built suburban homes.
My pro-Bush friend commutes 60 miles to his job downtown from the exburbs in his SUV so he will be safe from non-whites.
by Jason October 28, 2004
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Guy 1:Hey, did you watch that Exurb1a video i sent
Guy 2:yeah, honestly im kind of worried he brought up a lot of references to drugs
Guy 1: Well of course he did, how do you expect him to be happy with a degree in philosophy?
Guy 2:yeah, honestly im kind of worried he brought up a lot of references to drugs
Guy 1: Well of course he did, how do you expect him to be happy with a degree in philosophy?
by outofzale January 3, 2019
Get the exurb1a mug.A sparsely populated area, that is currently making the transition from rural to suburban, located usually on the fringes of a metropolitan area. Often times, it may be populated by wealthy estates, hobby farms, as well as existing rural towns, and usually with larger, more-mainstream suburban development on the brink of happening.
That exurb is growing so fast that the town can barely keep up the services to allow it to function.
by acb December 25, 2005
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by yup2 April 23, 2011
Get the Exurbs mug.\`ex`ur'bi'a\ n. The area outside a city, though much farther out than suburbia or the suburbs. (See exurbs.)
The farther out they went from the city, the sparser and sparser the houses became, especially when they reached exurbia.
by The Light of Reason February 22, 2005
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by mocktwinkie February 9, 2010
Get the exurbia mug.♦ Where people live who drive an hour to a well paying job.
♦ Where your neighbor's house is 100 ft from your own and both are 50 meters (164.041 feet) from the road.
♦ Where gated communities are built with 2 acre lots and the homeowners association is constantly in fear of non-conformity and people using that land to grow their own food as well as any landscape which is reverting to it's natural state.
♦ Where your neighborhood centers around a golf course and the closest retail is 4 miles (6.43737 km) away
♦ Where your zip code's tallest building rises 2 storeys and the population density never goes beyond 1,000 people per square mile.
♦ Where rich white people go in order to avoid ethnic minorities, same thing with their country clubs.
♦ Where the water table is irreversibly contaminated by all the lawn chemicals the residents use.
♦ Where the treeless lawn surrounding one's ranch house is used for parking, sports, and an area where one's many dogs and children can run wild and wreck havoc.
♦ Areas idealized by people like Frank Lloyd Wright and Joel Garreau (writer of Edge Cities).
♦ Areas reviled by people such as Paolo Soleri and James Howard Kunstler.
♦ Where your neighbor's house is 100 ft from your own and both are 50 meters (164.041 feet) from the road.
♦ Where gated communities are built with 2 acre lots and the homeowners association is constantly in fear of non-conformity and people using that land to grow their own food as well as any landscape which is reverting to it's natural state.
♦ Where your neighborhood centers around a golf course and the closest retail is 4 miles (6.43737 km) away
♦ Where your zip code's tallest building rises 2 storeys and the population density never goes beyond 1,000 people per square mile.
♦ Where rich white people go in order to avoid ethnic minorities, same thing with their country clubs.
♦ Where the water table is irreversibly contaminated by all the lawn chemicals the residents use.
♦ Where the treeless lawn surrounding one's ranch house is used for parking, sports, and an area where one's many dogs and children can run wild and wreck havoc.
♦ Areas idealized by people like Frank Lloyd Wright and Joel Garreau (writer of Edge Cities).
♦ Areas reviled by people such as Paolo Soleri and James Howard Kunstler.
Land in exurban areas is used in the most wasteful, unsustainable and impractical ways. It's not at all uncommon for property owners to have a half acre of their spread paved over. I've even heard of aviation enthusiasts
by Miskatonic Jack 2 November 23, 2010
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