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Tree lightings in the 'burbs are coming up quick, too.
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Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 19 Nov. 2025
Fighting in the ‘burbs Of the two discouraging trends for Democrats in 2024, the erosion among suburban professionals was the most surprising.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2025
In late September, moveBuddha, a website dedicated to relocation, released its top suburbs to move to this fall, after discovering in its 2025 moving survey that one-third of Americans want to move to the 'burbs this year.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
Putting Dallas, Arlington and Fort Worth in the discussion as potential landing sites is mostly for leverage, as the Stars are part of a trend of teams participating in the sports version of white flight, and heading to the ‘burbs.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 19 Nov. 2025
Fighting in the ‘burbs Of the two discouraging trends for Democrats in 2024, the erosion among suburban professionals was the most surprising.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2025
In late September, moveBuddha, a website dedicated to relocation, released its top suburbs to move to this fall, after discovering in its 2025 moving survey that one-third of Americans want to move to the 'burbs this year.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
Putting Dallas, Arlington and Fort Worth in the discussion as potential landing sites is mostly for leverage, as the Stars are part of a trend of teams participating in the sports version of white flight, and heading to the ‘burbs.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Burb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burb. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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burb
noun
: suburb sense 2
—usually used in plural
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