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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Only 90 minutes from LA., this Santa Barbara bedroom community offers status, privacy and unfussy summer luxury.
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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
There’s been a lot of progress in modernizing the town that transitioned from a farming to a bedroom community since Chatfield took office in November 1977.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Winslow is looking to move toward a potential future as a bedroom community for Flagstaff, about 58 miles away.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2024
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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
There’s been a lot of progress in modernizing the town that transitioned from a farming to a bedroom community since Chatfield took office in November 1977.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
Winslow is looking to move toward a potential future as a bedroom community for Flagstaff, about 58 miles away.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2024
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“Bedroom community.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedroom%20community. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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