residential area
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Buda is home to a few top-tier attractions, like the hilltop Royal Palace, but generally is thought of more as a residential area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Known as Porchfests, this trend involves a community-driven effort to organize and schedule a day of live performances in a residential area, with musicians of all skill levels and genres performing in assigned time slots.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
A number of house were destroyed by a fire in Stourbridge, with officials saying it is thought the fire started in nearby grassland before spreading to a residential area.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ostensibly there to exercise, the women were also carrying a message on their backs -- a call to maintain the "existing residential area" along the Red River.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Ricketts’ was located in a quiet residential area many blocks away from the docks where the pestilence had first struck.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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