as in outskirts
the districts adjacent to a city
the migration of families to suburbia and the resulting disintegration of inner-city neighborhoods
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In the backyards of suburbia, this might have been a mostly private evolution, but there is no privacy in the city.
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Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
Jackdaw Cake Norman Lewis, 1985 Lewis’ memoir of growing up in 1920s Enfield is one of the few books to treat London suburbia as a genuine habitat rather than a cultural punchline.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 27 Mar. 2026
The setting of Lemoncurd, which skewered cookie-cutter suburbia and the bonkers priorities of the upper-middle class, made even the moments of gross-out comedy cute.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Boxwood has a long history in garden design, from ancient Rome to modern-day suburbia.
—Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026
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Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
Jackdaw Cake Norman Lewis, 1985 Lewis’ memoir of growing up in 1920s Enfield is one of the few books to treat London suburbia as a genuine habitat rather than a cultural punchline.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 27 Mar. 2026
The setting of Lemoncurd, which skewered cookie-cutter suburbia and the bonkers priorities of the upper-middle class, made even the moments of gross-out comedy cute.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Boxwood has a long history in garden design, from ancient Rome to modern-day suburbia.
—Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Suburbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbia. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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