exurb

American  

[ek-serb, eg-zerb] / ˈɛk sərb, ˈɛg zərb /

noun

1. a small, usually prosperous, community situated beyond the suburbs of a city.

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Etymology

Origin of exurb

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; ex- ¹ + (sub)urb

Example Sentences

Riverside, an exurb of Los Angeles, has drawn droves of middle-class families who can’t afford to live on the coast.

From The Wall Street Journal

Today, the population of this Atlanta exurb, 45 miles northwest of the city, is 280,000—more than 10 times as many people as lived there just 40 years ago.

From Slate

“This is where I grew up,” conservative activist Deborah Flora pointedly stated as Boebert scribbled notes alongside her at a breakfast forum in Castle Rock, a fast-growing exurb on the far edge of Denver’s sprawling metropolitan area.

From Los Angeles Times

Hayward is an exurb of San Francisco, much like South Orange is an exurb of New York, and costs are comparable, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The second season, set in an unglamorous Southern California exurb and starring Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn, made a smaller, grimmer splash, as did the third season, which starred Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff and relocated the action to the Ozarks.

From New York Times