as in outskirts
the districts adjacent to a city
the migration of families to suburbia and the resulting disintegration of inner-city neighborhoods
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The Americans Years: 2013-2018 Length: 6 seasons, 75 episodes
Creator: Joe Weisberg
Arguably the best show of the 2010s, this FX drama stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, a seemingly average couple with two kids living in ‘80s suburbia.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Set in present-day suburbia, The ‘Burbs follows a young couple — with Palmer playing the wife returning to the husband’s (Whitehall) childhood home.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
First railroads, then automobiles changed that, opening the gates of suburbia to the middle class.
—Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
The plot centers on a child who is plucked from suburbia for a secret mission to the moon, but the movie spends much of its runtime wandering through Houston, examining this moment in history from a street-level view.
—Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Set in present-day suburbia, The ‘Burbs follows a young couple — with Palmer playing the wife returning to the husband’s (Whitehall) childhood home.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
First railroads, then automobiles changed that, opening the gates of suburbia to the middle class.
—Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
The plot centers on a child who is plucked from suburbia for a secret mission to the moon, but the movie spends much of its runtime wandering through Houston, examining this moment in history from a street-level view.
—Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Suburbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbia. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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