but how big is a metropolitian area? like a city? or a small town? or some place you blink and it's gone...
2007-07-12 18:05:28 · 4 answers · asked by heavenly_rain_angel 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
oh so like Phoneix, LA, New York, Las vegas??? places like that?
2007-07-12 18:20:44 · update #1
The term refers to the kind of place, not its size. The metropolis was where people gathered to talk, socialize, govern the area, and do business.
When people form cities, they draw political boundaries. Growth does not necessarily stop at those boundaries. The San Francisco Bay area is one large metropolitan area. You can't tell where one city ends and another starts unless you happen to see a sign.
The metropolitan area of Spring City, Tennessee, when I was there, was 3 blocks. In some towns, it's the store. But that's not a common usage of the term.
2007-07-13 10:31:54 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word comes from "metropolis", which is a Greek word meaning "mother city". That is, a BIG city.
2007-07-13 01:11:39 · answer #2 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The definition is somewhat artificial. Typically it would include a city and its suburbs; where the outlands stop being considered suburbs is not well defined.
2007-07-13 01:08:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's like the central part of a city the parts where the buildings are imagine the size of that
2007-07-13 01:14:18 · answer #4 · answered by luiz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋