DrScholl
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« on: February 18, 2013, 06:06:35 PM » |
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In the dictionary, urban is defined as pertaining to characteristics to cities. As far as how it is defined by the census, the defined "urban areas" sometimes have large coverage and can include some places that are more suburban. Bakersfield is a good example of Republican voting urban area, since it has fairly dense pockets of Republican strength and urban areas are defined a lot by density. Density does count, which explains why there are few urban areas in the plains, which is not very dense at all.
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