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dormitory suburb

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satellite community
A relatively small town, primarily residential, established in the vicinity of a city of much greater size; sometimes called a bedroom community.


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Not only will they have to live in developer-built dormitory suburbs given a fashionable name, they will also be the subject of unprecedented scrutiny by quango folk who, in a holier-than-thou spirit, will check on just how "eco" ecotown folk will be.
Glendale is known as a dormitory suburb, but Bruder's recasting of it involves a hotel, offices, 850 residential units and parking.
The cachet of having a Mercedes Benz parked in the driveway was the name of the one-upmanship game played in the dormitory suburbs up and down the land.
 
 
 
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