A large city with communities around it.
A metropolitan area is where one major and very large city rules a particular area socially and economically.
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People are starting to move to metropolitan areas
Ten Largest Metropolitan Areas in BC by Population Community (includes metro areas) as of 2006:Vancouver 2,215,200Victoria 330,088Kelowna 162,276Abbotsford 159,020Kamloops 92,882Nanaimo 92,361Prince George 83,225Chilliwack 80,892Vernon 55,418Courtenay 49,214Statistics Canada (2002). "StatsCan Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations". Retrieved on 2007-04-26.Indian reserve populations are not included in these figures
Here are areas of the State of Virginia that are metropolitan areas:Arlington VANorfolk, VAQuantico, VALynchburg, VASurrounding areas near Washington D.C. would also be considered metropolitan.
According to the U.S. Census, there are more than two dozen metropolitan areas in California.
The answer depends on whether the city is defined in terms of its metropolitan area or its urban area, and also whether size is measured in terms of area or population. On a comparison of metropolitan areas by populations, Los Angeles is around 17th in the World.
A chain of closely-linked metropolitan areas is called an "urban sprawl".
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Texas has a total of 18 metropolitan areas. Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in Texas. It is also the largest landlocked metropolitan area in USA.
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