bedroom community

noun

: a small community that has no major industries and that is lived in by people who go to another town or city to work

They live in a bedroom community just outside of the city.

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That may look like incentivizing Live-Work planning that would bring the right mix of business to our bedroom community. —

Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024 Originally an agricultural and mining town, Carbondale began to have its home values pulled more and more upward by nearby Aspen, eventually becoming a bedroom community to Aspen. —

Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 Only 90 minutes from LA., this Santa Barbara bedroom community offers status, privacy and unfussy summer luxury. —

The Deadline Team, Deadline, 17 July 2024 Over the past decade, Mesa has started to shed its identity as a bedroom community in part of major developments along its downtown and in the southeast parts of the city near the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. —

Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for bedroom community

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