Rod Speed
My dictionary has its own way of describing a city. It says it's "a large town".
So, what happens if you live in the middle of medium-sized town or if you live in a central location in a small town? Does this mean you live in a rural area? Nope, you live in an urbanized area, but you don't live in a city.
Regardless of whether you think the term "urbanized area" is wanky or not, it's what the US Census uses to describe census blocks that have a population density high enough (or a relationship to a nearby census block) to call them "urban" rather than "rural". And the larger point was that not every area that the US Census describes as an "urbanized area" is an area that people would agree is part of a city. The point is that the claim that "most people live in cities" was, presumably, based on data gathered by a source such as the US census, and if it was in fact based on the US Census, then it's important to point out that the US Census doesn't back up that claim. It would back up a claim that most people live in urbanized areas, but "urbanized area" is a technical term (which even has a special document dedicated to laying out its precise meaning), and the two claims aren't the same.
- Logan
