団だん地ち族ぞく

noun

housing project residents; danchi dwellers

Refers to people living in large-scale public housing complexes (団地), often with a connotation of a distinct lifestyle or community. The term is somewhat dated, reflecting the mid-20th-century danchi boom.

• 団だん地ち族ぞくの生せい活かつは、当とう時じの新あたらしい都と市し文ぶん化かを象しょう徴ちょうしていた。

  The lifestyle of danchi dwellers symbolized the new urban culture of that era.