bedroom community
noun
: a small community that has no major industries and that is lived in by people who go to another town or city to work
They live in a bedroom community just outside of the city.
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An area that’s starting to worry people is West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, which is becoming a bedroom community for people who work in the Greater Washington, D.C., area.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
State of play: The county's identity as a bedroom community for residents who work in Pinellas and Hillsborough has started to shift, according to county leaders who spoke with Axios.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
The story takes place in Galt, a bedroom community of about 26,000 people south of Sacramento.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Mira Mesa is a postwar bedroom community that was developed in part to serve personnel based at adjacent military facilities now known as Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
State of play: The county's identity as a bedroom community for residents who work in Pinellas and Hillsborough has started to shift, according to county leaders who spoke with Axios.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
The story takes place in Galt, a bedroom community of about 26,000 people south of Sacramento.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Mira Mesa is a postwar bedroom community that was developed in part to serve personnel based at adjacent military facilities now known as Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Bedroom community.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedroom%20community. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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