blow-ins
Outsiders settling in
Blow-ins are newcomers or outsiders who have recently arrived in a community, especially rural areas where long-established residents view them with skepticism.
The term is common in Ireland and Australia: The locals don't trust the blow-ins from Dublin.
It suggests someone who drifted in like the wind—present but not truly belonging, at least not yet.
Those not belonging
- incomersThose arriving to stay
- newcomersThose recently arrived
- settlersThose who establish homes
- arrivalsThose who come
migrants · transplants · strangers · interlopers · townies · imports · newbies · foreigners
Rural area beyond towns
- villageSmall rural community
- small townModest rural settlement
- communityCollective of connected people
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
farming · land · property · outsiders · weekenders · second homes · gentrification · planning
Irish capital city
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- townlandIrish administrative land unit
- parishLocal church community
- villageSmall rural community
pub · community · emigrant · returned · homecoming · English · weekenders · holiday homes
outsiders
Those not belonging
arrivals · migrants · transplants · strangers · interlopers · townies · imports · newbies · foreigners · implants
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
- villageSmall rural community
- small townModest rural settlement
- communityCollective of connected people
locals · farming · land · property · outsiders · weekenders · second homes · gentrification · planning · development
Dublin
Irish capital city
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- townlandIrish administrative land unit
- parishLocal church community
village · pub · community · emigrant · returned · homecoming · English · weekenders · holiday homes · country
blow-inslocals
Area's permanent inhabitants
natives · born and bred · old-timers · lifers · founding families
blow-inspermanent residents
People living somewhere long-term
fixtures · pillars of the community · settlers · stalwarts · stayers