Answer: exurban

AnswerCrossword Clue
EXURBANLike many commuter towns
EXURBANBeyond the megalopolis
EXURBANLike some semirural towns
EXURBANSemirural, say
EXURBANAlmost in the sticks
EXURBANBeyond the metro area
EXURBANBeyond the metropolitan area
EXURBANSemirural
EXURBANOf affluent commuter towns
EXURBANFar out?
exurbanof, pertaining to, or characteristic of exurbs or exurbanites
exurbanpertaining to an exurb (a residential area beyond the suburbs in a city, also EXURBIA)