Long known for nerdy but reliable all - wheel - drive wagons built for New England winters and Rocky Mountain highways, the car division of Fuji Heavy Industries stole the heart
of exurbia with the tricked - up Legacy Outback.And this summer Subaru managed another miraculous makeover, creating the Forester minisport - utility from the chassis and engine of the solid if nondescript Impreza compact.Success has only emboldened the marketing alchemists at Subaru, who also yearn to be known as makers of high - performance vehicles that are anything but boring.
Long known for nerdy but reliable all - wheel - drive wagons built for New England winters and Rocky Mountain highways, the car division of Fuji Heavy Industries stole the heart
of exurbia with the tricked - up Legacy Outback.
Not exact matches
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.»
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.»
In this study, researchers analyzed hunting behaviors
of mountain lions on the fringes
of Denver and Boulder, Colorado, through the sprawling
exurbia, and into the jagged wilderness areas along the Continental Divide.
Rather than building for the future, they are questioning the imagined futures
of others, from
exurbia to cities, from highway barriers to A-frames, and from planned communities to decaying monuments.