Comment on WTF is a rural town in the USA?
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Wow, apparently words can change meaning across cultures. Who would have figured this was possible? American’s rarely use the word “village” - a “town” can be anything from a few thousand people down to I don’t know, maybe like five. And the word is very subjective - some places that make a proud point of calling themselves “the city of …” are IMO small towns at best. Rural means an surrounded by a fair amount of countryside, be it farmland or nature. I think most Americans loosely associate “urban” with closely packed “big” buildings - maybe 5-7 stories or more, and mostly wouldn’t agree with you that a “town” is urban by definition.