suburban

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Other attendees called the suburban areas of Madison the next "slums" due to their lack of walkability, but some warned that suburban residents would likely want to preserve their neighborhoods as well.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of a suburb.
  2. adjective Located or residing in a suburb.
  3. adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of the culture, customs, and manners typical of life in the suburbs.
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  • Other attendees called the suburban areas of Madison the next "slums" due to their lack of walkability, but some warned that suburban residents would likely want to preserve their neighborhoods as well. —  Madison.com - top
  • Malls in suburban, affluent areas are cracking down on teens nation-wide, says Teen Research Unlimited's trends director Rob Callendar. —  New Haven Advocate: News
  • It includes statistics from urban, suburban, and rural libraries.
  • Here's a helpmate for the suburban or urban shopper with a load of groceries to carry home. —  Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles
  • Including the suburban areas adjacent to the city, the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan area is home to over 1.2 million people. —  Firehouse.com: In The Line Of Duty
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  1. = Spanish Portuguese Italian suburbano; from Latin suburbanus, situated near the city (of Rome), from sub, under, + urbs, city. Cf. suburb.
 

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