bedroom community
noun
: a small community that has no major industries and that is lived in by people who go to another town or city to work
They live in a bedroom community just outside of the city.
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That may look like incentivizing Live-Work planning that would bring the right mix of business to our bedroom community.
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Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Originally an agricultural and mining town, Carbondale began to have its home values pulled more and more upward by nearby Aspen, eventually becoming a bedroom community to Aspen.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Only 90 minutes from LA., this Santa Barbara bedroom community offers status, privacy and unfussy summer luxury.
—The Deadline Team, Deadline, 17 July 2024
Over the past decade, Mesa has started to shed its identity as a bedroom community in part of major developments along its downtown and in the southeast parts of the city near the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
—Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
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Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Originally an agricultural and mining town, Carbondale began to have its home values pulled more and more upward by nearby Aspen, eventually becoming a bedroom community to Aspen.
—Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Only 90 minutes from LA., this Santa Barbara bedroom community offers status, privacy and unfussy summer luxury.
—The Deadline Team, Deadline, 17 July 2024
Over the past decade, Mesa has started to shed its identity as a bedroom community in part of major developments along its downtown and in the southeast parts of the city near the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
—Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
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“Bedroom community.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedroom%20community. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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