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Three related ways people use the term urban which leads to confusion:
- urban in regards to the build and function of an area, especially in regards to density and use patterns
- urban in regards to culture, often either relating to a cosmopolitan outlook (maybe from people confused with the word "urbane") or sometimes in regards to the culture identified with communities in dense, rough neighborhoods
- urban in regards to municipalities and their relation to each other with primary cities considered urban and municipalities separate and usually smaller or less a center of social and commercial activity from it to be regarded as suburban
Maybe we should strike some of these definitions out and use words without conflated meanings.
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