bedroom community

Example Sentences

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Generations of Chinese immigrants have settled in Arcadia, transforming the San Gabriel Valley suburb, a typical bedroom community, into a “Chinese Beverly Hills” with high-end real estate and luxury shopping.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Today, Festus functions more as a bedroom community of St. Louis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Now, it’s more of a bedroom community, many of whose residents leave early each morning to spend their day somewhere else.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

As Microsoft and Nintendo took off in the 1990s, turning Redmond from a bedroom community into a job center, city leaders funneled Redmond’s newcomers into the city center.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2023

It’s called a bedroom community of Chicago because it’s only thirty miles outside the city.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven