The problem (and one of the biggest and never-ending issues on SSP) is that people use CSA population statistics (or some Richard Florida nonsense agglomeration classifications) for homerism and to compensate for deep seated inferiority complexes.
Adding some fields and shit kicker distant hamlets does not automatically make one's city "bigger" and certainly it does not make it any "better". Perhaps it is the reverse: adding all the banal exurbs just dilutes the greatness of your city.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
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