Green’s Dictionary of Slang

asphalt arab n.

[SE asphalt + arab n. (1)]

(US) a city person, as nicknamed by a country dweller.

[US]Maines & Grant Wise-crack Dict. 5/1: Asphalt Arab – Man whose idea of a good time is to take his girl window shopping.
[US]R. Walton in Nation’s Schools XIX Apr. [title] Educating the Asphalt Arab.
[US] in DARE.