Zofey
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Good luck and happy editing! -- Creol(talk) 09:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Cities and Towns change
One big problem with cities and towns is that population does not always determine which is which. What is a city and what is a town seems to change from place to place. One of the most common points though is city status. Getting it depends on where the city/town is though, so it is not realy less complicated. In the United States, practically every town is called a city. This is the case even in areas where there is a big difference in terms of government between the two (the state of Virginia for example). The United Kindoms has different ways of dealing with it. The rest of Europe has tended over time to use noble or royal decree although this changes with the form of government. For the most part, I stick with the designation from en.wiki until an acceptable reference can be found to state that the town has received city status. -- Creol(talk) 09:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)