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City
* All cities are places in time.
* Cities Do have ecologies, and they are intertwined with race, class, and political policies
  - affect rainfall
* Cities allow crime guns
* Cities also contribute to non-sustainable development on a global scale
  - experience a wide range of life expectancy based on neighborhood breakdowns
* Cities also have a population made up of a particular race
  - less heat reducing vegetation than rural areas
  - produce a lot of air pollution that contributes to climate change
  - speed social transformation
* Cities also tend to be cloudier, rainier, and less humid than their surrounding areas
  - sectioned into districts
  - warmer than surrounding natural habitats
* Cities always have full-time, professional firemen
  - insects, rats, pigeons, crows, etc
  - provide public parks
  - appear in all capital letters
* Cities are Western civilization's largest cultural artifact
  - a center of trade and manufacturing, in which they often do business with nearby cities
  - about people their choices, hopes and dreams
* Cities are also administrative centers, religious centers and centers of trade
  - crucibles of human misery
  - forests, roads and concrete jungles
  - groups of people
  - legal entities
  - books
  - capable of floods
* Cities are centers of civilization, meeting points of ideas and innovation
  - commerce and culture, politics and power
  - cities, worldwide
  - complex systems requiring special methods of prediction and management
  - dangerous places and deadly accidents happen every day
  - dense areas of population, with large numbers of buildings and facilities
  - distinctly royal and imperial institutions
  - dynamic and evolving places, continuously changing and being redefined
  - engines that drive our country forward, creating local jobs and local growth
  - enormously complex hives of human activity
* Cities are generally mayor-council with most having city managers
  - warmer than the surrounding countryside
  - geographic centres of people, activities and services
  - global communities - Philadelphia is where the world meets
  - grouped into regions , which allow different cities in the same region to be connected
  - heat sinks so the temperature is warmer there
  - home to a majority of the world's population
  - in the nature of people
  - insatiable consumers of resources and profligate producers of pollution
  - large towns
  - local hot spots that get warmer as their populations increase, a well-known phenomenon
* Cities are located in buses
  - on the globe using latitude and longitude
  - major polluters and users of energy
  - markets
  - more important in Europe than countries
  - municipal corporations that operate under charters from the state
  - now the economic engines of nations
* Cities are often near the mouth of a river
  - places of evil and dehumanization
  - part of provinces
  - places favoured by a source of income
* Cities are places of buildings and people
  - incredible creativity, cultural creation, excitement, and innovation
  - where a certain energised crowding of people takes place
  - primarily religious centers, rather than residential
  - some of the noisiest places on Earth
  - spatial entities
* Cities are the abyss of the human species
  - biggest consumers of freshwater, while being the biggest polluters
* Cities are the centers of power and prestige - economic, political and social
  - the economic-technological system that is rapidly devouring the earth
  - chief motors of economies
  - cradle of society and the engines of our economy
  - economic, political, social and spiritual centers of each country
  - main home of small businesses
  - meeting places of stories
  - most complex creations of humanity
  - place of culture and innovation, mutuality and tolerance
  - places where ideas meet, synthesize and emerge as practical applications
  - preferred places for urban growth
  - root of all evil
  - seats of power, and every nation-state federation of cities at some level
  - strategic focal points of various sectors and markets, and centres for innovation
  - totally artificial constructs of human society
* Cities are used for business
  - usually warmer than the surrounding countryside winter and summer, and day and night
  - very rough surfaces and appear generally very bright
  - well aware of their social impact when they build data networks
  - where people meet
  - within townships
* Cities are, in many ways, engines of economic growth and social progress
  - of course, the birthplace of civilization
  - bake more intensely under sunny skies than under clouds
* Cities become centers
  - destinations
  - belong to the surrounding countryside
  - burn when damaged and crumble to ashen hulks when razed
* Cities can also evaluate their use of water in parks and around public buildings
  - be the engines of growth in the new metropolitan economies
  - even create their own weather when temperatures are hot and conditions are right
  - help relieve poverty only by creating opportunity
  - regulate prostitution as they see fit
  - support more wildlife than people sometimes realize
* Cities can treat and recirculate wastewater
  - recycle waste-water and many solid wastes
  - collect and hold heat in buildings, streets and other man-made things
  - come in clusters
  - commonly have a city council, a police force, a fire department, and other city services
  - condemn buildings, cities demolish buildings and cities have city planners
  - conduct trials
  - consistently have problems with repair and maintenance of sewerage systems
  - consume large quantities of energy and produce concentrated pollution
  - contain streets, which are dangerous and crowded and difficult to park in
  - continue to be centers of vital activity where people live and work and play
  - currently generate more than half of national economic activities worldwide
  - deal with picking up garbage and plowing streets
  - depend on trade, on transportation and economic complexity to assert their importance
  - develop around centers that are linked to other centers
  - dominate over their hinterland and exploit the agrarian society
  - embody the diversity and energy of human pursuits
  - emerge as neighboring groups of people come together
  - everywhere have problems of homelessness, drugs, violence and unemployment
  - exist and continue to grow because they offer opportunities and the promise of a better life
* Cities experience expansion
  - exponential growth
  - freeze temperature
  - low population growth
  - tremendous growth
  - generally have control over their finances
  - govern humanity's relationship with nature
* Cities grow and change, just as children do
  - because of their shared fysical infrastructures
  - grow, evolve, and decline
* Cities have a mix of residential areas, generally good and bad areas very close to each other
  - particular form, a particular layout
  - responsibility to the public to afford protection from the hazard of fire
  - statutory right to own and run facilities to dispose of their own waste and garbage
  - an amazing amount of diversity in plant material
* Cities have average temperature
  - winter temperature
  - clerks and budget agencies
  - climates
  - current temps
  - democratic majorities
  - eat establishments
  - environments
  - exclusive rights
  - favorable environments
  - food
  - forms of government that make and enforce laws and provide services for the people
  - health boards
  - inhabitants
  - interest
  - large numbers of street children
  - limits
  - lively art
  - many different places to eat and shop
  - offices
  - people from many countries speaking English with accents
  - personalities, their local group souls that attract certain people
  - pets
  - problems with gangs and teenage alcoholics
  - profound impacts on environment - both deliberate and unintentional
  - skyscrapers
* Cities have solid democratic majorities
  - storms
  - subways
  - tall buildings
  - that effect on people
  - the power to finance industrial development by issuing bonds
  - vacant lots surrounded by fences, filled with wind-blown trash
  - various sizes, and can contain from one to four armies depending on size
  - witnesses
  - hold heat partly because concrete and pavement absorb sunlight
  - include development
* Cities includes city centers
  - inevitably have an ecological footprint far larger than their political boundaries
  - monopolize money, wealth, power and information
  - now appear as organisms which feed off of their environment
* Cities offer climates
  - potential
* Cities often form around centers of transportation
  - have a diverse and multicultural population
  - identify themselves by their neighborhoods
  - set up pesthouses during epidemics in abandoned buildings on the outskirts of town
  - perform many functions for the people and the economy
  - play an increasingly vital role in education, culture, and productivity
  - possess squirrels
* Cities produce sewage and land fills
  - the goods and people needed to build and maintain armies
* Cities provide a natural locus for economic growth
  - assistance
  - benefits
  - jobs, housing, transportation and other resources in a relatively small area
  - public parks for talks and family gatherings
* Cities receive heavy rainfall
  - represent sizable populations, high densities, and considerable heterogeneity of residents
  - run independent of townships
  - say in statements
* Cities see parks as free land which has no value
  - snowfall
  - storm force wind
  - serve important functions in different societies
  - show regularity in the arrangement of places within the city
  - suffer from poor air and water quality and high rates of childhood asthma
  - surrounded by mountains also experience trapping of pollution
  - teem with museums, historical buildings, theatre, music and festivals
  - tend to be the focal points of the global economy and the entry points for many invasives
* Cities tend to be warmer than nearby countryside
  - grow along coastlines and transportation networks
  - grow, at different rates
* Cities use apparatus
  - computers to run traffic lights and dispatch police officers
  - natural resources
  - pipes
  - salt
* Cities usually contribute to improved living standards
  - grow where there is industry, and from industry develops infrastructure
* Cities usually have some public transportation, like a subway or bus system
  - zoos, and can provide natural fertilizers
  - spring up around water sources in the desert
  - vary from region to region in the world
  - work for safe neighborhoods
* Every city has a network of paths
  - buildings and structure which are regards as symbols of the city
* Many cities add fluoride to the public water supply to help protect teeth from decay
  - allow same-sex couples to register as domestic partners
* Many cities also have directories of licensed day care providers
  - historic preservation departments
  - ban bikes from their downtown sidewalks
  - currently use surface water instead of wells for drinking water
  - depend heavily on water from transboundary rivers
  - employ urban foresters to manage the forests within their borders
  - have Japanese cultural centers
* Many cities have a disproportionate number of poor people
  - population pushing half a million
  - air ambulances
  - artesian wells in parks and other public places
  - black police chiefs and diverse forces
  - confusing signs and one way streets
  - doctors who specifically treat the homeless
  - gay and lesbian newspapers which list events
  - local laws requiring children of different races to attend different schools
  - low vision centers and eye doctors who specialize in low vision
  - more than one train station
* Many cities have multiple airports with various airlines
  - telephone numbers, each for a different speed
  - neighborhood associations, some for up to a hundred years
  - parks with paths and sidewalks designated for endurance activities
  - restaurants that are known for their desserts
  - several train stations
  - shelters for victims of domestic-violence related crimes
  - streets named after presidents of the United States
  - tens of thousands of families on waiting lists for child care assistance
* Many cities have their own animal services or animal control
  - historical society or senior center
  - summer recreation and public ice skating rinks
  - host hundreds of social service organizations
  - lack adequate housing, clean drinking water, and public transportation
* Many cities now have departments that work to control air and water pollution
  - listening devices in neighborhoods, as well as video cameras
  - populations and economies larger than many countries
  - recognize dwarf goats as pets according to zoning laws
* Many cities operate traffic bureaus or municipal court systems
  - waste collection programs to prevent improper disposal of hazardous substances
  - outlaw skating on streets
  - produce and sell thermal dried biosolids as an organic additive to fertilizer
  - report that welfare reform has had a negative impact on hunger and homelessness
  - use chlorine to treat contaminated water
* Most cities add tiny amounts of fluoride to their water
  - are on the banks of the river
* Most cities experience freeze temperature
* Most cities have a cheap and efficient public transport system
  - hazardous materials waste disposal procedure for pesticides
  - municipal court, with one or more judges
  - transport model for planning of policies
  - amateur astronomy clubs that meet on a regular basis and often host star parties
  - at least one hospital with a medical library that is available to the public
* Most cities have average temperature
  - bus systems
  - chloramine in their tap water
  - distinctive areas or zones of land use
  - fluoride in their water supply
  - grass, trees, cement, and buildings
  - large areas with very poor planning
  - old cemeteries with locally recognized names on headstones
  - ordinances that prohibit setting fires in public places
* Most cities have public drinking fountains from which it is safe to drink
  - regulations or ordinances governing the operation of tow trucks
  - several smaller airports used exclusively by private aircraft
  - ski clubs that organize weekend trips
  - some form of mass transit, some even have special lanes carpools or vanpools
  - regulate taxis, usually limiting the number of licenses issued and setting rates
  - tax personal as well as real property
  - treat their water supply with chlorine
* Most cities use ground water, but most large cities depend mainly on surface water sources
* Some cities actually use wetlands as part of their sewage treatment system.
* Some cities are near rivers
  - reporting almost one of every four children under age six is poisoned by lead
  - surrounded by canals and water is recharged in that way
  - cheat death by cutting taxes and improving services
  - depend almost wholly on farm inspection to insure the purity of their milk supply
  - employ thousands of firefighters, while other cities hire only a few
  - grow within the bounds of their topography
* Some cities have a rule that bans loud noises in parks, in places where people live
  - website that posts city codes and other public information
  - as many as a hundred slum areas
  - biblical names
  - bike paths that are completely closed to motorized travel
  - bisexual organizations
  - black squirrels which most people can identify, well most people
  - dentists who specialize in children's teeth
  - fox squirrels
  - historic gems
  - lakes
  - larger populations that are aging
* Some cities have more than one center
  - municipal power systems
  - several airports
  - short freeways that get a three-digit number
  - small areas where graffiti can be made
  - their own police departments
  - voting machines on which the voter pushes down a lever for each vote
  - manage hospitals, and others operate airports
  - never sleep
  - now have homeless shelters especially for families
  - post signs in prominent places
  - prohibit tree topping in order to maintain trees in good health and a safe condition
  - provide air-conditioned areas for their elderly citizens during heat waves
  - receive snow
  - require cellular towers to be cloaked to look like trees
  - use the natural filtration systems of marshes to help process human waste
* is an important, but often neglected part of economic models
  - inhabited place larger or more important than a town
  - characterized by hilly, mountainous surface
* means the City of Austin, Texas, a municipal corporation
  - Urbana
+ Amazon River, Population: Rivers of Colombia :: Rivers of Peru
  * The river is the main route of traffic in the region. Most cities are on the banks of the river. The biggest city on the river is Manaus, which is also the capital of the Brazilian State of Amazonas.
+ Civilization (series)
  * At the beginning, you chose which civilization to play. Cities are very important. You need them to build buildings that improve the city, and units. The units can attack other units, build more cities, and improve the land. You can also research technologies. Technologies allow you to do more things.
  * While it lists city, settlement, town, village under Populated Place, the unincorporated and no legal boundaries is the key part. City is defined at the state level and ,as such, means different things in each state. For the federal level, what counts as a city is not always what a state says is one.
+ Graffiti, History: Graphics
  * Graffiti can be thought of as a part of hip hop or street protest. It is often but not always illegal. Some cities have small areas where graffiti can be made. Sometimes graffiti are very beautiful. Some people consider graffiti as not only something bad, but something good, like art. Some people pay graffiti artists to do graffiti on their buildings. In the 1980s, some graffiti artists like Keith Haring became very famous.
+ Interstate Highway System, Three-digit interstates
  * Some cities have short freeways that get a three-digit number. That means that there is an extra number put ahead of the number of the Interstate. Numbers can be used again in different states. Three-digit Interstates usually go to the Interstate in their last two numbers. For example, Interstate 195 goes to Interstate 95.
+ Kragujevac, Geography: Šumadija :: Serbia :: Cities
  * City is characterized by hilly, mountainous surface. Kragujevac has highly developed transport infrastructure.
+ List of cities and towns in England: Lists of settlements in England
  * This is a link page for towns and cities in England. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch. Cities are indicated in 'bold'.
+ Logo: Symbols
  * Logos are not used only by companies. Many schools have logos. Some cities have logos. Clubs can have logos. Even people can have their own logos if they want, the heraldic badge is probably the oldest form of logo in the world.
+ Namibia, Tourism: English-speaking countries :: German-speaking countries
  * There are many lodges and reserves for tourists. Sport Hunting is also a large, and growing part of the Namibian economy. Namibia has numerous species wanted by international sport hunters. Environmental Economics Unit, Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia. In addition, extreme sports such as sandboarding and 4x4ing have become popular. Many cities have companies that provide tours.
+ Regions of Brazil, North Region
  * Cities are spread far apart in the region, and it has the lowest population density of the country. There are very few paved highways in the region, as it is almost isolated from the rest of the country. It is also the biggest region of Brazil, being responsible for almost half of the Brazilian territorial extension.
+ SimCity 4, New Features: 2003 video games :: SimCity
  * Cities are grouped into regions, which allow different cities in the same region to be connected. They can be connected by road or train, and cities could share water. Some regions come with the game, but you can create your own.
+ Ur, Social classes: Mesopotamia
  * Since irrigation gave Ur abundant crops, not everybody needed to work on farms. People learned other skills. Sir Leonard Woolley found a tablet that listed Ur's special workers. The chisel workers made sculptures, the gem cutters made gems, and the fullers stomped on woven wools to make them soft. The metal workers made weapons. Cities have different groups. Some of the richer people are more powerful.