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Old 06-19-2011, 09:05 AM
 
Location: Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.
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Originally Posted by LovinDecatur View Post
Yes. Case closed; let's move on.
This is urban:

dc - Google Maps

dc - columbia heights

This is COUNTRY!!!!

jacksonville fl - Google Maps
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Old 06-19-2011, 09:12 AM
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Location: St Simons Island, GA
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Are we defining 'country' as having a certain population density? I'm not getting it. Aren't 'city' and 'country' mutually exclusive terms?
Also, the neighborhood you cite as a typical example of Jacksonville's 'urbanity' is clear out by I-295 in the western boonies. Kind of disingenuous to compare them to intown neighborhoods in DC.
Try Riverside or Avondale if you want an example of a more typical urban neighborhood in Jacksonville.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2...-neighborhoods

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Old 06-19-2011, 09:24 AM
 
Location: Louisiana to Houston to Denver to NOVA
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Jacksonville isn't country, it's a respectable city...
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Old 06-19-2011, 09:29 AM
 
Location: Atlanta
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Jacksonville isn't country, it's a respectable city...
Exactly. I beginning to think that birdsing has never left the DMV.
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Old 06-19-2011, 09:37 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Exactly. I beginning to think that birdsing has never left the DMV.
Never left DC lol

The DMV itself is country going by his examples.
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Old 06-19-2011, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Atlanta
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Never left DC lol

The DMV itself is country going by his examples.
Very true.
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Old 06-19-2011, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.
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Never left DC lol

The DMV itself is country going by his examples.
Well the country parts aren't in the city proper so
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Old 06-19-2011, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Well the country parts aren't in the city proper so
Parts of SE DC look like something straight out of the deep south.
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Old 06-19-2011, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C.
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The parts of SE DC look like something straight out of the deep south.
I have no idea what you are talking about
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Old 06-19-2011, 10:06 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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I have no idea what you are talking about
Yeah because you probably don't know anything about your area outside your own hood.
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