How to Use bedroom community in a Sentence

bedroom community

noun
  • Once a bedroom community for the nearby city of Donetsk, Avdiivka has long stood at the front line of war.
    Tyler Hicks Gaëlle Girbes, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • This is the story of one such opportunity in a San Diego bedroom community.
    Wes Janssen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023
  • The book traces the history and fragile legacy of black cowboys in a Los Angeles bedroom community.
    Donna Wares, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • As freeways began connecting Santee to the rest of the county, this city transformed from a rural center to a bedroom community.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The popular bedroom community grew for the next 40 years, becoming known for excellent schools.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Carbondale used to be the cheaper bedroom community to Aspen, 45 minutes away.
    Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Their second project, in the affluent bedroom community Falls Church, where the couple grew up, is decidedly homier.
    Melissa Clark, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The goal is to turn the Salt Lake County bedroom community into a destination all its own, while maintaining the rural feel residents enjoy.
    Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In Ouray, a bedroom community near the wealthier Telluride, a survey by the nonprofit Bright Futures found that 80% of respondents don’t have adequate child care.
    Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The public rift between two top officials in this quiet bedroom community of 2,702 has sparked an outcry from village residents, some of whom have called for the mayor’s resignation.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The 59th Assembly district is a bedroom community and commuter district.
    Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • In Fairfax, a onetime bedroom community that has rapidly developed in recent decades, another challenge was convincing some neighbors that kids could learn just as well in a vertical office complex.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023

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