bedroom community
Example Sentences
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The area serves as a bedroom community for employment centers in Fort Myers and Naples, so its main thoroughfares are choked with outbound traffic in the morning and inbound traffic in the afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Million-dollar homes are nothing new for Agoura Hills, the slow-growth bedroom community between L.A. and Thousand Oaks, but the city’s Historic Quarter section hit the mark in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
Now, it’s more of a bedroom community, many of whose residents leave early each morning to spend their day somewhere else.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
The city of Bellevue, formerly known as a suburb and bedroom community to Seattle, incorporates.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024
It’s called a bedroom community of Chicago because it’s only thirty miles outside the city.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
