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Definition of Bedroom community
1. Noun. A community where many commuters live.
Definition of Bedroom community
1. Noun. An urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood; often a suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedroom Community
Literary usage of Bedroom community
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kids, Cops & Communities by Marcia R. Chaiken (1998)
"Arlington residents are offended by those who refer to the city as a bedroom
community for Dallas and Fort Worth, pointing out that Arlington was ..."
2. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... of Pennsylvania's Levittown, Herbert Gans could be seen to modify the classic
distinction between bustling metropolis and soporific bedroom community. ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"tal boom are getting the last laugh as Willow is becoming a bedroom community
for Anchorage - even though it's a bit of a haul, particularly in the winter ..."
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