penturbia
Small towns that lie beyond city suburbs, viewed collectively.
uncountable
Penturbia is the ideal territory for "caring conservers": people who reject mass consumption values and save and guard their resources.
Where it comes from
From pent- + suburbia, coined by Jack Lessinger in 1987 to refer to the fifth American migration.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry penturbia (CC BY-SA 4.0).