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Jacksonville is the largest U.S. city by area, in the contiguous 48 states. Alaska has several cities with enormous boundaries. Source: https://en.wikipedia.o

• vikramkr 6y ago
  yes that's exactly what I'm referring to as the problem - the city limits are arbitrary administrative lines. What would not be counted in atlanta as simply part of the suburb would be counted towards the population of jacksonville because the boundaries just happen to be huge, which means jacksonville ends up larger than atlanta, even though more people are in the atlanta metro area and would call themselves as people from atlanta as there are people in the jacksonville metro area
  • Gaelan 6y ago
    As you get near the outskirts of a city, where you live starts to depend on who you're talking to. I live in Gig Harbor, Washington, which is about 20 minutes from Tacoma, which is itself about half an hour from Seattle. If I was talking to someone else from the area, I'd never claim to live in Seattle. But if I'm talking to someone from out of state, then yeah, sure, I'm from Seattle.