wojtek
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wrote:
>
>
> Doug Henwood wrote:
> >
> > On Oct 18, 2006, at 6:30 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi
wrote:
> >
> > > Much of America is most likely suburban rather
than urban or rural.
> >
> > Well yeah; about 50% of the pop. But suburbs are
parts of
> > metropolitan areas, and about 75% of the US pop
lives in metro areas.
> > The trope that so annoys me is that rural America
is "real" and the
> > rest is, presumably, unreal.
>
> What is the minimum population to be regarded as a
"metro" area? B/N is
> over 100,000. We're certainly not "suburban," but
neither are we
> "rural." And 100k doesn't feel all that "metro"
either.
>
> Carrol
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