: a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and that often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families
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The seven Wisconsin counties in the Twin Cities market are mostly rural, but the biggest one, St. Croix, is home to growing Minneapolis/St. Paul exurbs on the Wisconsin side of the border.
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Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2024
Because of demographic trends and Tractor Supply’s own priorities in recent years, those will be in more-diverse exurbs, which demographically are growing very fast, rather than redder, rural regions.
—Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024
Russell lives in Brunswick, the last southwestern exurb before greater Cleveland gives way to farmland.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 15 Aug. 2024
Minnesota's most competitive House seat is the somewhat blue-leaning 2nd District in the suburbs and exurbs south of Minneapolis-St. Paul, where Democratic Rep. Angie Craig is seeking a fourth term.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2024
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Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2024
Because of demographic trends and Tractor Supply’s own priorities in recent years, those will be in more-diverse exurbs, which demographically are growing very fast, rather than redder, rural regions.
—Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024
Russell lives in Brunswick, the last southwestern exurb before greater Cleveland gives way to farmland.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 15 Aug. 2024
Minnesota's most competitive House seat is the somewhat blue-leaning 2nd District in the suburbs and exurbs south of Minneapolis-St. Paul, where Democratic Rep. Angie Craig is seeking a fourth term.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exurb. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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