SUBURBIA

[noun] [U] [esp. disapproving]Suburbia is the outer parts of a town, where there are houses, but no large shops, places of work or places of entertainment.They live in a two-bedroomed house in the heart of suburbia.(esp. disapproving) Suburbia also refers to the people who live in the outer parts of a town or to their way of life.He has written a book about middle-class suburbia.