What Defines a "city"

[Spooner]

Is there a firm amount of people needed in an area to qualify it to be labeled as a city? Or is it not a strict rule and can vary from location to location?

 

[MrDingleDangle]

yes i believe there is...

i believe there is no city in Wyoming

 

[Spooner]

if so, what is that requirement? and can you provide a link?

 

[notfred]

Cities are incorporated entities. There are no population rules, but the residents of a county will typically vote fora certain area to become an incorporated city.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: notfred
Cities are incorporated entities. There are no population rules, but the residents of a county will typically vote fora certain area to become an incorporated city.

guess i was wrong

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: notfred
Cities are incorporated entities. There are no population rules, but the residents of a county will typically vote fora certain area to become an incorporated city.

I'm on the side that there is no strict rule of population to define soemthing as a "city"

One friend says there needs to be at least 100,000 people
antoher says 25,000

 

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
yes i believe there is...

i believe there is no city in Wyoming

You mean the state capital of Wyoming (Cheyenne) is a village or town?

Yeah right. Of course there are cities in WY.

 

[LeiZaK]

in the original SimCity, you needed 10,000 people to become a city

 

[nakedfrog]

I wouldn't consider it a city unless it had 100k people. Less than that is a town.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
in the original SimCity, you needed 10,000 people to become a city

somehow i don't see this as proving me wrong

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Spooner

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
in the original SimCity, you needed 10,000 people to become a city

somehow i don't see this as proving me wrong

it's probably a joke

 

[ElFenix]

i don't consider college station a city, and there are 100,000 people there

edit: i'm going with 250,000.

 

[PHiuR]

vermont has no cities.

that is all i know.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I wouldn't consider it a city unless it had 100k people. Less than that is a town.

okay, but what is the actual rule of thumb here? google has come up empty

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Spooner

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I wouldn't consider it a city unless it had 100k people. Less than that is a town.

okay, but what is the actual rule of thumb here? google has come up empty

Look to Wikipedia

The difference between towns and cities is differently understood in different parts of the English speaking world. There is no one standard international definition of a city: the term may be used either for a town possessing city status; for an urban locality exceeding an arbitrary population size; for a town dominating other towns with particular regional economic or administrative significance.

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[Spooner]

nakedfrog... you da man :beer:

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: Spooner

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I wouldn't consider it a city unless it had 100k people. Less than that is a town.

okay, but what is the actual rule of thumb here? google has come up empty

Look to Wikipedia

The difference between towns and cities is differently understood in different parts of the English speaking world. There is no one standard international definition of a city: the term may be used either for a town possessing city status; for an urban locality exceeding an arbitrary population size; for a town dominating other towns with particular regional economic or administrative significance.

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YTMND

 

[Koenigsegg]

42

 

[stan394]

i thought 'city' in US is defined by the post office?

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
YTMND

what does this crap mean?

 

[stan394]

Originally posted by: Spooner

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
YTMND

what does this crap mean?

www.acronymfinder.com

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: notfred
Cities are incorporated entities. There are no population rules, but the residents of a county will typically vote fora certain area to become an incorporated city.

correct. they are responsible for their own government as well as police and fire services. It doesnt matter how many people. They just need to make sure they have enough tax base to make it work.

 

[dullard]

There is no set definition. However, most atlases use 2000 as the cutoff. Just under 2000 is listed as a town and just over 2000 is listed as a city. I personally think there needs to be another term for something with 200,000+ people.

 

[Nozirev]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
vermont has no cities.

that is all i know.

Not according to Rutland.

Rutland

Also I believe Burlington calls itself a city. I know they have a city council.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: dullard
There is no set definition. However, most atlases use 2000 as the cutoff. Just under 2000 is listed as a town and just over 2000 is listed as a city. I personally think there needs to be another term for something with 200,000+ people.

metropolis?