bedroom community
Example Sentences
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Today, Festus functions more as a bedroom community of St. Louis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 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
As Microsoft and Nintendo took off in the 1990s, turning Redmond from a bedroom community into a job center, city leaders funneled Redmond’s newcomers into the city center.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
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
