suburban

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Claude James Jr., a behavioral specialist at a Boston high school, said the rent for the one-bedroom apartment he shares with his fiancée in suburban Quincy, Mass., eats up half of his monthly net income.

From The Wall Street Journal

After World War II, millions of American families moved to the new suburban developments being rapidly built for the booming population, and that changed entertainment dramatically.

From The Wall Street Journal

The guy with the nose ring who decides goats, chickens, pigs and other livestock belong in his grandmother’s yard in suburban Indiana, to the despair of the genteel retirees across the street.

From The Wall Street Journal

Whites made up the majority of the suburban city back then, and it was most famous in those days as the land that birthed the Carpenters and the Space Shuttle.

From Los Angeles Times

The Supreme Court ruling, which was made public on Tuesday, involved a former couple - two women - who had feuded over plans to sell their house and lot in suburban Manila.

From BBC