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In April, Conor Dougherty wrote a story for the New York Times Magazine questioning the conventional wisdom of anti-sprawl, arguing that exurban development has been a vital escape valve for the nation’s failure to build enough infill housing.

Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild argues the increasing vulnerability of rural and exurban Americans crashes up against the bedrock conservative belief in the value of hard work and personal responsibility to create a “pride paradox” among modern-day Republicans .

Street fighting and other crimes create images that right-wing media use to terrify their largely elderly, exurban audiences, shoring up even more support for "tough" measures and "crackdowns" on people they don't like.

If the big bad city is the problem, why is the biggest Trump swing in the tri-state area in the exurban towns of Connecticut’s majority-white Naugatuck Valley?

In terms of what to watch in 2024, James Gimpel, a political scientist at the University of Maryland, told Salon that he is watching to see whether the concerted effort Democrats have made to appeal to rural and exurban voters this cycle will be able to stem the bleeding in those areas.