Exurbs: America's biggest housing trend you haven't heard of

Fleeing the hustle of the big city to the idyllic suburbs is a classic trope, but in recent years Americans have been shunning the suburbs in favor of another type of community: exurbs. Despite being a relatively unknown term, exurbs represented the fastest-growing neighborhoods in the United States last year, and now they look primed to become a housing movement that's here to stay.

What's an exurb?

It's a "largely residential community located outside of a major city and its suburban...