Sentences with phrase «like exurbia»

Berkshire County had hills that Melville and Hawthorne had climbed, beautiful historic towns, grand houses, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Atheneum library, but to Sifton it seemed a poor trade for the modest farms and captivating friendliness of Heath: «It was more like exurbia for the power elite.»

Not exact matches

Or consider JB Priestley's account of travelling out of London in 1933 along the Great Western road and confronting the endless, low - density exurbia of ribbon sprawl: «We might suddenly have rolled into California... This is the England of arterial and by - pass roads, of filling stations and factories that look like exhibition buildings, of giant cinemas and dance - halls and cafes, bungalows with tiny garages, cocktail bars, Woolworths, motor - coaches, wireless, hiking, factory girls looking like actresses, grey - hound racing and dirt tracks, swimming pools, and everything given away for cigarette coupons.»