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Tinanam0102 Posted 9 years ago
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Town, city, suburbs, rural areas and outskirts

Hi teachers,

What are the relationships or correlations between / among town, city, suburbs, rural, outskirts, urban usage?

For example a town in city or a city in a town, or a town in the suburbs or in the rural areas?

Thanks

TN

  

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tinanam0102 Hi teachers, What are the relationships or correlations between / among town, city, suburbs, rural, outskirts, urban usage? For example a town in city or a city in a town, or a town in the suburbs or in the rural areas? Thanks TN Those relationships depend on the region, so those terms are not strictly defined in a way that remains standard throughout the entire English-speaking world.

  • tinanam0102 Hi teachers, What are the relationships or correlations between / among town, city, suburbs, rural, outskirts, urban usage?
  • For example a town in city or a city in a town, or a town in the suburbs or in the rural areas?
  • Thanks TN Those relationships depend on the region, so those terms are not strictly defined in a way that remains standard throughout the entire English-speaking world.
  • Personally I see a city as larger than a town, and more urban if you want to use that term.
  • ).
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tinanam0102

Hi teachers,

What are the relationships or correlations between / among town, city, suburbs, rural, outskirts, urban usage?

For example a town in city or a city in a town, or a town in the suburbs or in the rural areas?

Thanks

TN

Those relationships depend on the region, so those terms are not strictly defined in a

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