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Originally Posted by JManc
There is no single definition of a "town" and it varies depending on country and or state. For example, in New York, towns and cities co-exist and the largest town, Hempstead, is twice the size of Buffalo, the second largest city.
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Right? Maybe it’s pedantic, but the only thing that differentiates between a town and a city in Massachusetts is the form of government used. Brookline and its 60,000 people and all its Green Line stops and Coolidge Corner stubbornly sticks to a classic New England town meeting style of government. Then you have North Adams: 14,000 people and a full mayor-council city government with districts and the whole works.
I’m pretty sure than answer to the OP is both entirely subjective and relative. After living in East Asia for 20 years and spending decent amounts of time in all the big cities we have out here, pretty much everywhere in America and Canada outside of NYC and select parts of Chicago, Toronto, and SF feel midsized at best. To me. I would not have felt this way 20 years ago.