burb billy

Someone whose too hillbilly for snobbier suburbanites, too country for city dwellers to accept, and too city for country folk. Symptoms someone may be a burb billy: they may have, or dream of having, backyard chickens or goats. They garden in any part of the yard they want to. They don't really care about the clovers in their lawn, or weeds in their gardens- they might even replace gardens or lawns with wildflowers. They are just as ready to go boating or fishing for bass as they are to parallel park in a trendy neighborhood downtown for brunch. They would much rather repair their own rustbucket than have someone do it for them, and likewise for anything they own- often resulting in houses waiting for a day off of work for a fresh coat of paint or similar maintenance duties, 'out of code' additions such as a two story deck, bonfire pits, forges, garages, etc. They have a natural enemy in HOAs. Often they were residents of the area long before the suburbs developed.