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Or if the people who are from nearby towns, boroughs and suburbs of the city say, to people unfamiliar or not knowledgeable about the area, when asked where they come from, the name of that large city or "just outside (large city's name)".
I was going to start a new thread on how when you live would determine what you defined as a large city but I thought it went really well with this thread so decided to post it here.
For example in 1810 no city was above 100,000 people and NYC was the largest city at 60,515. In 1870, just a few years after the Civil War ended, all of the countries 10 largest cities were above 100,000 people but under 1 million. Even in 1900 there were only 3 cities above 1 million people.
My point is if we were asking this same question back then most people would defiantly say any city above 50,000 people would be very large. Now we are debating if a city with 100,000 is large or if its 500,000 people or more. This is when there are 275 cities above 100,000 people and less then 10 above 1 million. My question is in the next 100 to 200 years will most of the cities that are now above 100,000 people be above 1 million people and the very large cities be even larger? Personlly I think it would be cool if our 275 largest cities were above 1 million people. If that is the case I wonder what their definition of a large city will be?
I was going to start a new thread on how when you live would determine what you defined as a large city but I thought it went really well with this thread so decided to post it here.
For example in 1810 no city was above 100,000 people and NYC was the largest city at 60,515. In 1870, just a few years after the Civil War ended, all of the countries 10 largest cities were above 100,000 people but under 1 million. Even in 1900 there were only 3 cities above 1 million people.
My point is if we were asking this same question back then most people would defiantly say any city above 50,000 people would be very large. Now we are debating if a city with 100,000 is large or if its 500,000 people or more. This is when there are 275 cities above 100,000 people and less then 10 above 1 million. My question is in the next 100 to 200 years will most of the cities that are now above 100,000 people be above 1 million people and the very large cities be even larger? Personlly I think it would be cool if our 275 largest cities were above 1 million people. If that is the case I wonder what their definition of a large city will be?
The 2010 U.S. Census reported 308,745,538 residents, making the United States the third most populous country in the world. It is a very urbanized population, with 82% residing in cities and suburbs as of 2008 (the worldwide urban rate is 50.5%)
The 2010 U.S. Census reported 308,745,538 residents, making the United States the third most populous country in the world. It is a very urbanized population, with 82% residing in cities and suburbs as of 2008 (the worldwide urban rate is 50.5%)
I was going to start a new thread on how when you live would determine what you defined as a large city but I thought it went really well with this thread so decided to post it here.
For example in 1810 no city was above 100,000 people and NYC was the largest city at 60,515. In 1870, just a few years after the Civil War ended, all of the countries 10 largest cities were above 100,000 people but under 1 million. Even in 1900 there were only 3 cities above 1 million people.
My point is if we were asking this same question back then most people would defiantly say any city above 50,000 people would be very large. Now we are debating if a city with 100,000 is large or if its 500,000 people or more. This is when there are 275 cities above 100,000 people and less then 10 above 1 million. My question is in the next 100 to 200 years will most of the cities that are now above 100,000 people be above 1 million people and the very large cities be even larger? Personlly I think it would be cool if our 275 largest cities were above 1 million people. If that is the case I wonder what their definition of a large city will be?
well things change. There used to be figures for defining cities, I dunno, if they still do, but back in the day the benchmark was 8000 people. They later moved it up and up and up.
so just like the definition of what the population must be to be considered a city changes, so does people's perception of what a big city is.
To a lot of people, the big city is the place they drive into to go to the Museum, or the university, or something or the other of major importance.
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