suburbanite

Example Sentences

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And he wanted his own land, but the ground around San Jose was already suburbanizing.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2022

“If you think of where the expansion of population has been, it’s really that we’re a rapidly suburbanizing population,” he said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2021

The sudden depopulation of New Orleans, and its inequitable recovery, accelerated the kind of inner-city gentrification and suburbanizing poverty seen in metropolitan areas around the country.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2015