the burbs
plural noun
US, informal
: the area around a city in which many people live : the suburbs
They bought a house in the burbs.
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The county has been among the nation’s fastest-growing for decades — its population has shot up sevenfold since 1980 to more than 430,000 — and preservationists see the plan as a last-ditch effort to save the vanishing vestiges of rustic life from being swallowed by the burbs.
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Jayne Orenstein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Mortgage rates driving lower housing supply, slowing market 04:38
New construction hasn't finished yet
Americans began their shift to the burbs at a time when the nation had a severe shortage of available rental units.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023
Jayne Orenstein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Mortgage rates driving lower housing supply, slowing market 04:38
New construction hasn't finished yet
Americans began their shift to the burbs at a time when the nation had a severe shortage of available rental units.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023
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“The burbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20burbs. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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