the burbs

plural noun

US, informal

: the area around a city in which many people live : the suburbs

They bought a house in the burbs.

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Many voters in the burbs are still split over who to vote for following the presidential debate. —

Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024 Milwaukee used to have a rapid-transit train between downtown and the burbs. —

Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2024 The county has been among the nation’s fastest-growing for decades — its population has shot up sevenfold since 1980 to more than 430,000 — and preservationists see the plan as a last-ditch effort to save the vanishing vestiges of rustic life from being swallowed by the burbs. —

Jayne Orenstein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024 Mortgage rates driving lower housing supply, slowing market 04:38 New construction hasn't finished yet Americans began their shift to the burbs at a time when the nation had a severe shortage of available rental units. —

Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023