Sentences with phrase «sprawling exurbia»

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.

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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.»