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Suburbs and exurbs have been the biggest magnets for domestic migration, drawing people from other states as well as nearby urban centers — a trend that accelerated across the country during the pandemic.
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Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2024
The big picture: The region has some of the fastest-growing counties in the nation, with the population booming especially in the suburbs and exurbs.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
District The 11th District covers Chicago’s west suburbs and exurbs including such cities as Aurora and Naperville.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
Although the rest of the country is said to be hopelessly polarized, New York’s suburbs and exurbs are undecided.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
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Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2024
The big picture: The region has some of the fastest-growing counties in the nation, with the population booming especially in the suburbs and exurbs.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
District The 11th District covers Chicago’s west suburbs and exurbs including such cities as Aurora and Naperville.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
Although the rest of the country is said to be hopelessly polarized, New York’s suburbs and exurbs are undecided.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
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All the ballots are in Cobb County, a northern suburb of Atlanta that voted for Joe Biden in 2020.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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And yet on the first day of early voting, in Weaverville, a suburb of Asheville, the parking lot of one voting site—the Weaverville Community Center, in Buncombe County—was full, and the line snaked around the block, almost a full hour before voting had even begun.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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The implication is that darkness lurks beneath apple-pie suburbia.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 July 2024
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As suburbia spread, urban areas were neglected and people of color faced barriers in getting their piece of the golden dream.Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Returning from larger stomping grounds to run one of the state’s most diverse cities is not always the smoothest transition, political experts have said.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The glittering city is back Wednesday-Jan. 12, 2025.John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Ravel makes several stops in idyllic medieval towns along the Rhône, including Avignon, Viviers, and Arles – the lovely Roman town where Vincent van Gogh created some of his most memorable work.James Rampton, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Meander around the small coastal pueblos, or towns, and allow time for spontaneous discovery.Zachary Rabinor, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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The ancient metropolis is where cylinder seals were invented and used for administrative purposes.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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But for those who aren’t from Senegal’s capital city, there’s luckily no shortage of restaurants serving homestyle cooking and cuisine inspired by groups from Central Africa to Western Europe that have left a cultural imprint on or established new homes in the coastal metropolis.Kayla Stewart, Saveur, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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