A commuter town is a populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. Routine travel from home to work and back is called commuting, which is where the term comes from. A commuter town may be called by many other terms: "bedroom community" (Canada and northeastern US),[citation needed] "bedroom town", "bedroom suburb" (US). In Japan, a commuter town may be referred to by the wasei-eigo coinage "bed town" (ベッドタウン, beddotaun).[2] The term "exurb" was used from the 1950s, but since 2006, is generally used for areas beyond suburbs and specifically less densely built than the suburbs to which the exurbs' residents commute.[3]
^"ベッドタウンの英語・英訳 - 英和辞典・和英辞典 Weblio辞書" ["Beddo Tawn" - English Translation, English-Japanese Dictionary, Weblio Dictionary] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.