Dictionary definition of “vinyl village”

vinyl village

n. a neighborhood or town of plain or cheaply made buildings. Subjects: English, Architecture

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Citations: 1992 Richard N. Gambrill @ Columbia Baltimore Sun (Md.) (Mar. 29) “Don’t cut education” p. 13: It doesn’t take a sharp eye to also see great blue heron, Canada geese, mallards and barred owls. Red fox are also not uncommon. These creatures inhabit the heart of our vinyl village and appear to be doing quite well in spite of us! 1996 D.R. Burgoyne Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Dec. 6) “Chesapeake Clipper: Letters To The Editor—Chesapeake” p. 2: “Vinyl villages” (a term I borrowed from a friend) line Cedar Road, where builders are more concerned with making money than making homes aesthetically appealing or by saving the trees that will take another generation to grow back. 2001 Kenneth B. Hall, Gerald A. Porterfield Community By Design (Mar. 12) p. 78: There are so many barriers to producing good design solutions that the path of least resistance has led us to vinyl villages of franchised architecture surrounded by seas of asphalt. 2005 Stuart A. Hirsch Indianapolis Star (Ind.) (Mar. 17) “Development plan criticized”: Other opponents called it a “vinyl village,” a pejorative term opponents of building projects often use, implying that homes with vinyl siding are built with substandard materials and would eventually blight the landscape.

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