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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New Orleans East, originally established in the nineteen-sixties as a mostly white bedroom community sprawling toward the Mississippi border, eventually became a predominantly Black area.
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Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The social epicenter of a steadily growing bedroom community, those handful of blocks are where residents flock for farmers markets, tree-lighting ceremonies and summer concerts.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
Braylon Mullins grew up in Greenfield, Indiana, a bedroom community just outside of Indianapolis.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
For many of the newcomers, the county is a bedroom community of Charlotte: a place to sleep, not work.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2025
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Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The social epicenter of a steadily growing bedroom community, those handful of blocks are where residents flock for farmers markets, tree-lighting ceremonies and summer concerts.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
Braylon Mullins grew up in Greenfield, Indiana, a bedroom community just outside of Indianapolis.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
For many of the newcomers, the county is a bedroom community of Charlotte: a place to sleep, not work.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Bedroom community.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedroom%20community. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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