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I think these are all the urban style cities in the USA: New York , Chicago, San Francisco, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston.
Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, and San Diego to me still seem like urban style cities but expressed a bit differently from the ones above.
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I think all the suburban style cities in the USA are Phoenix, Sacramento, San Jose, El Paso, Indianapolis, Orlando, Tampa, San Antonio, and Memphis.
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I dont know whether to put Houston, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Honolulu, Miami, and Denver in the urban or suburban style cities. They seem like they are both at the same time so I will also include an "urban and suburban style" at the same time category for these cities. But these cities definitely seem more suburban than the cities that are exclusively in the urban style categories.
Does everybody agree those are urban style, suburban style, and urban/suburban style cities in the USA?
why don't you look up a definition of Urban and suburban and then go from there
ur·ban
In, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town
- the urban population
Denoting or relating to popular dance music of black origin
- a party that features the best in urban music
Denoting popular black culture in general
Urban is a common name, from the Latin urbanus (from the city).
sub·ur·ban
Residential areas of a large city, or separate residential communities within commuting distance of a city.
whether density freaks like it or not, all cities are urban centers because if they were not they would not be cities, because that is what urban means it means relating to the city. It does not mean packed in like sardines type of city.
suburban does not mean low density single family homes either. Suburban means areas that are primarily residential without a major economic center.
all the freaking cities on your list are urban style because they are all cities, and this have things related to cities and thus are all urban.
At the same time all of them have suburban areas.
the only difference between them is density, and as I mentioned before urban is not a synonym for density
All of those cities have suburban neighborhoods. All of the "suburban style" ones have some remnant of an urban core. It's not either/or, nor hybrid--perhaps a continuum, a matter of degree.
All of those cities have suburban neighborhoods. All of the "suburban style" ones have some remnant of an urban core. It's not either/or, nor hybrid--perhaps a continuum, a matter of degree.
I agree to me the level of urbanity is typically the maintained and cohesive aspect on the continuum - density factors only as a ticket of entry (not the defination just a qualifier so to speak) for the areas but it is in the cohesion on the continuum that distinquishes places.
People will post a definition of urbanity but there are different shades so to speak and to believe the level of urbanity is equal in all cities is very short-sighted. It does not make one place better or wrose as these are subjective qualities but it absolutely is a distinguisahble feature.
I agree to me the level of urbanity is typically the maintained and cohesive aspect on the continuum - density factors only as a ticket of entry (not the defination just a qualifier so to speak) for the areas but it is in the cohesion on the continuum that distinquishes places.
People will post a definition of urbanity but there are different shades so to speak and to believe the level of urbanity is equal in all cities is very short-sighted. It does not make one place better or wrose as these are subjective qualities but it absolutely is a distinguisahble feature.
I didn't post a definition of urbanity posted one of urban. Two different things, look it up.
Urbanity has different levels, but urban is urban. wburg was right in his analysis, you are merging the two words together.
urbanity refers to characteristics and traits of the city, which do come in different levels.
Urban relates to anything of cities.
when you are comparing densities you are comparing urbanity, when you are comparing living in the city or living alone on a mountain, you are describing urban life. Two different words.
urbanity
- the quality or character of life in a city or town;
ur·ban
In, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town
- the urban population
Urban is a common name, from the Latin urbanus (from the city).
sub·ur·ban
Residential areas of a large city, or separate residential communities within commuting distance of a city.
cit·y
1. A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance.
2.
a. An incorporated municipality in the United States with definite boundaries and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the state.
b. A Canadian municipality of high rank, usually determined by population but varying by province.
c. A large incorporated town in Great Britain, usually the seat of a bishop, with its title conferred by the Crown.
yeah, i think you must not know those cities very well then. cincinnati mostly developed decades before the car was invented, e.g.
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