Suburban
adjective
Relating to a suburb, an area close to a city but more quiet and often where families live.
They moved from the city to a suburban neighborhood for peace and quiet.
Often appears as...
- suburban area
- suburban home
adjective
Having qualities that are seen as typical of life in suburbs, sometimes used in a less positive way.
Some people find suburban life boring and too ordinary.
Often appears as...
- suburban life
- suburban mentality
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to a suburb, an area close to a city but more quiet and often where families live.
They moved from the city to a suburban neighborhood for peace and quiet.
Often appears as...
- suburban area
- suburban home
adjective
Having qualities that are seen as typical of life in suburbs, sometimes used in a less positive way.
Some people find suburban life boring and too ordinary.
Often appears as...
- suburban life
- suburban mentality
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3City Proximity
Refers to areas that are not in the city but are close enough for convenient access.
Her suburban home is just a twenty-minute train ride from downtown.
Pro Tip 2/3Family Oriented
Suburban areas are often preferred by families for the quieter environment and more space.
Their suburban community is filled with parks and schools ideal for children.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Context
The appeal of suburbia varies across cultures; some value it for status, others for lifestyle.
In many cultures, owning a suburban house signifies achieving a desirable lifestyle.
Pro Tip 1/3City Proximity
Refers to areas that are not in the city but are close enough for convenient access.
Her suburban home is just a twenty-minute train ride from downtown.
Pro Tip 2/3Family Oriented
Suburban areas are often preferred by families for the quieter environment and more space.
Their suburban community is filled with parks and schools ideal for children.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Context
The appeal of suburbia varies across cultures; some value it for status, others for lifestyle.
In many cultures, owning a suburban house signifies achieving a desirable lifestyle.
Pro Tip 1/3City Proximity
Refers to areas that are not in the city but are close enough for convenient access.
Her suburban home is just a twenty-minute train ride from downtown.
Pro Tip 2/3Family Oriented
Suburban areas are often preferred by families for the quieter environment and more space.
Their suburban community is filled with parks and schools ideal for children.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Context
The appeal of suburbia varies across cultures; some value it for status, others for lifestyle.
In many cultures, owning a suburban house signifies achieving a desirable lifestyle.
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Jonathan Foley: The...
than all the areas we complain about, our suburban sprawl and our cities where we mostly live. Half of humanity lives in cities today, but a 60-times-larger area is used to grow food. So this is an amazing kind of result, and it really shocked us when we looked at that. So we're using an enormous amount of land for agriculture,
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Bird migration, a...
as human land development continues unchecked. Humans are altering important stop-over sites that birds have been using for generations. As migrators pass over the continent, they run a gauntlet of dangers, including pesticide ingestion in rural farmlands, habitat loss in suburban developments,
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
identify as white have been in this country but yet we get fewer the benefits of the democracy that it is that we help build and I think there are a lot of people particularly comes to politics who just don't want to hear about it who live in some of the suburban communities they think like hey
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Jeff Speck: The walkable...
around the world. And the worst idea we've ever had is suburban sprawl. It's being emulated in many places as we speak. By suburban sprawl, I refer to the reorganization of the landscape and the creation of the landscape around the requirement of automobile use,
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Bjarke Ingels: 3...
so we wouldn't block the view from my apartment. And essentially the parking is sort of occupying the deep space underneath the apartments. And up in the sun, you have a single layer of apartments that combine all the splendors of a suburban lifestyle,
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James Kunstler: How bad...
There are a lot of ways you can describe this. You know, I like to call it "the national automobile slum." You can call it suburban sprawl. I think it's appropriate to call it the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world.
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Tunnel Time PIPE Doomsday...
so he's turning his suburban backyard into what he believes is an underground lifeline in a situation where people are trying to force their way into our home that would be a situation where we have to decide are we going to try to fight
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It’s time to embrace our...
that bribes Americans to leave urban apartments and move into suburban homes and most of all to rethink our urban school system that does so much to discourage parents from living in in urban areas thank you very much
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How America's public...
out to suburban schools -- rich and white. At five years old, I had to take an hour-long bus ride to a faraway place to get a better education. At five years old, I thought everyone had a life just like mine.
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African Penguins Go...
wash for a suburban sea bird who's picked up tan grime and sand overnight it's important to keep cleavage neat and well-oiled
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Jonathan Foley: The...
than all the areas we complain about, our suburban sprawl and our cities where we mostly live. Half of humanity lives in cities today, but a 60-times-larger area is used to grow food. So this is an amazing kind of result, and it really shocked us when we looked at that. So we're using an enormous amount of land for agriculture,
Video examples
Bird migration, a...
as human land development continues unchecked. Humans are altering important stop-over sites that birds have been using for generations. As migrators pass over the continent, they run a gauntlet of dangers, including pesticide ingestion in rural farmlands, habitat loss in suburban developments,
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
identify as white have been in this country but yet we get fewer the benefits of the democracy that it is that we help build and I think there are a lot of people particularly comes to politics who just don't want to hear about it who live in some of the suburban communities they think like hey
Video examples
Jeff Speck: The walkable...
around the world. And the worst idea we've ever had is suburban sprawl. It's being emulated in many places as we speak. By suburban sprawl, I refer to the reorganization of the landscape and the creation of the landscape around the requirement of automobile use,
Video examples
Bjarke Ingels: 3...
so we wouldn't block the view from my apartment. And essentially the parking is sort of occupying the deep space underneath the apartments. And up in the sun, you have a single layer of apartments that combine all the splendors of a suburban lifestyle,
Video examples
James Kunstler: How bad...
There are a lot of ways you can describe this. You know, I like to call it "the national automobile slum." You can call it suburban sprawl. I think it's appropriate to call it the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world.
Video examples
Tunnel Time PIPE Doomsday...
so he's turning his suburban backyard into what he believes is an underground lifeline in a situation where people are trying to force their way into our home that would be a situation where we have to decide are we going to try to fight
Video examples
It’s time to embrace our...
that bribes Americans to leave urban apartments and move into suburban homes and most of all to rethink our urban school system that does so much to discourage parents from living in in urban areas thank you very much
Video examples
How America's public...
out to suburban schools -- rich and white. At five years old, I had to take an hour-long bus ride to a faraway place to get a better education. At five years old, I thought everyone had a life just like mine.
Video examples
African Penguins Go...
wash for a suburban sea bird who's picked up tan grime and sand overnight it's important to keep cleavage neat and well-oiled
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John Waters
Director
Serial Mom' tested really well when we finally got with the right audience. But they would go to some shopping mall in a deep, deep suburban L.A. neighborhood where they knew people would hate, and they just wanted to spend money to prove that people wouldn't like it. The movie was not a success when it came out.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values and seeing through suburban mentality and normal community standards so that they can find some much-needed relief for their wilting souls.
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Jason Kander
American Politician
I've stood in rooms in urban, rural, and suburban parts of my state and asked a room of middle class voters to raise their hands if the college debt of someone in their family is affecting their financial situation. Without exception, at least three quarters of the room will raise their hand.
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Shawn Mendes
Canadian Musician
Growing up in a suburban home, the world seems so massive to you. It seems like cities are so big and so far away, and there's so much in them. So your imagination runs wild, instead of when you are born in the middle of Manhattan, you'd know, like, that this is the biggest city.
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Yance Ford
American Director
Most black families went from the South to the city. My family went from the South to the city to the suburbs because they wanted their children to have the realization of the suburban lifestyle. What does it mean that that doesn't actually protect you?
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American Architect
You can use up all the slums for new development. In all the cities of the world, there are large areas of these. Also, you can avoid the spread of these silly suburban houses. Chicago has thousands of them all over the place.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
California's drought affects everyone in the state, from farmers to fishermen, business owners to suburban residents, and everyone has a role to play in using precious water resources as wisely and efficiently as possible.
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Erin O'Toole
Canadian Politician
We need a principled leader who will unite our party by respecting all conservatives. A leader who can show more urban and suburban Canadians that their values of liberty, family and equality are at the core of our party.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
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Peter De Vries
American Novelist
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
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John Waters
Director
Serial Mom' tested really well when we finally got with the right audience. But they would go to some shopping mall in a deep, deep suburban L.A. neighborhood where they knew people would hate, and they just wanted to spend money to prove that people wouldn't like it. The movie was not a success when it came out.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values and seeing through suburban mentality and normal community standards so that they can find some much-needed relief for their wilting souls.
Quote examples
Jason Kander
American Politician
I've stood in rooms in urban, rural, and suburban parts of my state and asked a room of middle class voters to raise their hands if the college debt of someone in their family is affecting their financial situation. Without exception, at least three quarters of the room will raise their hand.
Quote examples
Shawn Mendes
Canadian Musician
Growing up in a suburban home, the world seems so massive to you. It seems like cities are so big and so far away, and there's so much in them. So your imagination runs wild, instead of when you are born in the middle of Manhattan, you'd know, like, that this is the biggest city.
Quote examples
Yance Ford
American Director
Most black families went from the South to the city. My family went from the South to the city to the suburbs because they wanted their children to have the realization of the suburban lifestyle. What does it mean that that doesn't actually protect you?
Quote examples
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American Architect
You can use up all the slums for new development. In all the cities of the world, there are large areas of these. Also, you can avoid the spread of these silly suburban houses. Chicago has thousands of them all over the place.
Quote examples
Frances Beinecke
American Activist
California's drought affects everyone in the state, from farmers to fishermen, business owners to suburban residents, and everyone has a role to play in using precious water resources as wisely and efficiently as possible.
Quote examples
Erin O'Toole
Canadian Politician
We need a principled leader who will unite our party by respecting all conservatives. A leader who can show more urban and suburban Canadians that their values of liberty, family and equality are at the core of our party.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
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Peter De Vries
American Novelist
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
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