suburbia

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And that's the great non-articulated agony of suburbia, and one of the reasons that it lends itself to ridicule.

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  1. noun The suburbs.
  2. noun Suburbanites considered as a group.
  3. noun Suburbanites considered as a cultural class.

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  • And that's the great non-articulated agony of suburbia, and one of the reasons that it lends itself to ridicule. —  James H Kunstler dissects suburbia
  • But a summer night in middle-class suburbia was the great generational equalizer, a place far away from people like Aaron and the Ache brothers. —  Drop Shot by Harlen Coben
  • Reduced to gauzy visions of station wagons, suburbia, and bronzed baby shoes. —  Suzannes Diary for Nicholas
  • It was in this film that we saw Ball take on the seedy underbelly of suburbia, an interpretation he would deepen and perfect in the brilliant HBO series —  /Film
  • Along with his schadenfreude-soaked claims about the end of suburbia, automobiles, and all things superficial, he comes in with stark assertions that we'll all be making our own music and acting on stage for each other, instead of listening to that damnable recorded "rock-roll" music and the disco and suchlike. —  Peak Energy
 

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