exurbia
/ɛkˈsəːbɪə
/noun [mass noun]
The exurbs collectively; the area beyond the suburbs.Accordingly, Buell's purpose in the new book is to ‘put ‘green’ and ‘brown’ landscapes, the landscapes of exurbia and industrialization, in conversation with one another.’...
- No, we're paving over the prime farmland as Americans flee out into exurbia, trying to flee the overcrowded housing stock in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, etcetera.
- This once small town is being increasingly populated by white Americans looking for ‘stability and safety’ in the ever-expanding subdivisions of exurbia.
Origin
1955 (originally US, see exurb) 'out of' + -urbia, on the pattern of suburbia.