antiurban

English

anti- +‎ urban

antiurban (not comparable)

(sociology) Showing a negative view of cities or city life
- 1988 July 15, Lawrence Rand, “Funny Business: an entire evening with Ian Shoales”, in Chicago Reader‎:
  When I ask why so much of the humor on National Public Radio is antiurban, Kessler responds with one of Ian Shoales's most quoted lines: "If the city were a nice place to live, nobody would want to live there.
- 1996 September 6, Harold Henderson, “Up Against the Sprawl”, in Chicago Reader‎:
  The District One headquarters of the Illinois Department of Transportation is about as antiurban as a building can get.

showing a negative view of cities or city life