suburban

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Starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, the film explores what happens to a family who wake up one day to find that their quaint suburban block has moved somewhere else entirely.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

“We were dirt poor, had big Scottish accents at the time, a family of six siblings, and then coming to very conventional suburban schools,” he said, the memory eliciting a wild-card smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“We will certainly capture some of the suburban rental demand in our downtown,” said Arulampalam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

David Lee, a 39-year-old at the suburban gas station outside Washington, fills up his tank twice a week.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“We could hardly believe it,” Jesse later told me, recalling that first morning when they gazed up at a squat, ugly, four- story apartment complex facing a suburban highway.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz