exurbs

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The mass aspect of the ultra-right movement tends to be located more in the suburbs and exurbs, and in small cities and towns especially in the West, Midwest, and South.

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  • We're staying in the city longer, revitalizing the World War II-era suburbs or leaving the city far behind for the exurbs of —  Richmond.com - Main
  • I see BRT as a solution for high density exurbs, or dying cities with extensive undercapacity freeways systems that can be partially converted to BRT. —  Streetsblog New York City
  • A populist rube from the Atlanta exurbs or the Great Plains might even come up with the bright idea to stamp out new bonuses and expropriate some of the ill-gotten gains made in previous years. —  Forbes.com: News
  • The two hour commutes from beyond the exurbs are still going on, but people have stopped fuming about them because they're probably glad to have a job. —  Irish Blogs
  • Some of Lehman's nearly two dozen SunCal projects are in far-flung exurbs, including $250 million in the Inland Empire, one of the nation's hardest-hit housing markets. —  Top Stories - Google News
 

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