suburbanite

plural suburbanites

1. informalSomeone who lives in the suburbs.

   Don't call me a suburbanite just because I live in Oak Grove!

   4 more examples

   I would suggest that we give the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company a chance to correct the existing faults before condemning the scheme. A SUBURBANITE.

   1899 November 10, “Would Give Plan a Chance.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   The line was doubled in the nineties and Hillfoot station added for suburbanites in 1900.

   1959 October, G. H. Robin, “Railways to Helensburgh—a pre-electrification prospect”, in Trains Illustated, page 541

   Today’s affluent suburbanites might resent the suggestion that they’re guilty of racial animus, but they’re entirely comfortable with being accused of colorblind class prejudice.

   2023 July 15, Reihan Salam, “Why YIMBY Righteousness Backfires”, in The Atlantic

   Then there’s the problem of charging EVs. Suburbanites with home garages can install chargers, but the lack of public chargers on city streets hasn’t become a major issue yet only because so few people own EVs.

   2024 January 18, Simon Kuper, “Electric cars are not the future”, in Financial Times

   Synonyms: suburbian