exurban

<blockquote> <strong>Exurbia</strong>

(aka Edge City, subSuburbia, sprawl, outta control, psychick death zones): that newly expanded, resurfaced and subsubcontracted housing areas that aren't really <em>near</em> anything, except the highway.

These are evidence of continued flight from the urban zones by the almost affluent. Requiring a car as they usually have no sidewalks, the exurban neighborhood is a psychological battlefield that pits “neighbour” against “neighbour” in non-communication assaults, assumptive competition and hyperreal conspicuous consumerism.

A word to the wise: do not go there except with the most profound sense of caprice and beatitude. </blockquote>

from <a href=“http://www.monoculartimes.co.uk/”>monoculartimes.co.uk</a>