exurb

The definition of an exurb is an area beyond the suburbs where the wealthy people live.

(noun)

A wealthy area where people live outside of the suburbs of Philadelphia is an example of an exurb.

See exurb in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

a region, generally semirural, beyond the suburbs of a city, inhabited largely by persons in the upper-income group

Origin: ex- + (sub)urb: coined (1955) by A. C. Spectorsky (1910-72), U.S. author and editor

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See exurb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A region lying beyond the suburbs of a city, especially one inhabited principally by wealthy people.

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Origin: ex-

Origin: + (sub)urb

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