In a story on the Minneapolis Star Tribune's Web site, outgoing Minnesota State Sen. Thomas Neuville called his district exurban.

The word means "a region beyond the suburbs of a city, inhabited chiefly by the well-to-do," according to my copy of Webster's dictionary.

Do you get the impression that the word means people who live in the district are rich snobs who prefer to exclude themselves from city, suburban, and country folk?

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State Sen. Tom Neuville's blog ranges from drug court to education. Neuville, R-Northfield, is the representative for Helena Township.

Keeping up on the Minnesota Legislature can be difficult at times, but knowing what Jordan area legislators -- Sen. Claire Robling and Rep. Mark Buesgens, Sen. Julianne Ortman and Rep.