Village usually means really upscale neighborhood. I have no idea why they’re called that, but they are.
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shalafi@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Poor OP. They’re leaving this thread more confused than ever.
The United States is huge and every region has different definitions and expectations of “city”, “town”, “suburb”, “wide place in the road”, etc. LOL, when I was a kid we called Tulsa, OK a “small town”. Well, yeah, as opposed to Chicagoland.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 9 months ago
paequ2@lemmy.today 9 months ago
Huh. Californian here, I usually only hear people say “village” when talking about towns in poor countries. (I don’t agree with this.)
shalafi@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Meant to add that, didn’t have the words and you nailed it. Thanks!
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 months ago
People will start calling their settlement a “village” here when they’ve decided to start being pretentious about it. Expect to find a winery there, or a studio where someone with frizzy hair makes inscrutable physical art, or a bunch of horse enthusiasts.
umt@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
The use of the word definition here should be interpreted as squishy and non-strict.
In most of the world that speaks a more British English, terms like city and town have pretty specific definitions. That’s just not the case in the US. Language is funny, huh?
Etterra@discuss.online 9 months ago
My buddy grew up in Omaha. He describes it as being about as big as a few large suburbs.