industrial city
Factory-filled urban center
An industrial city is one whose economy centers on manufacturing, processing, or heavy industry.
Such cities typically developed around factories, mills, or refineries, often with working-class populations and infrastructure built to support production: Pittsburgh was once America's quintessential industrial city.
Many have since transitioned to service economies, leaving the term to describe either their history or their ongoing character.
- rust beltDeclining industrial region
- industryEconomic production sector
- heavy industryCapital-intensive manufacturing sector
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- factory floorManufacturing workspace area
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- city typescapital, metropolis, megacity, suburb, resort town
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, towns, town
- urban settingscityscape, metropolis, urban settings, skylines, skyscrapers
- industrial townscompany town, factory town, mill town, mining town, steel town
- Norrköping
- jurisdictionscounty, province, state, counties, municipalities
industrial cityresort town
Leisure-focused small community
tourist destination · beach town · spa town · ski resort · college town
industrial citygarden city
Planned leafy township
green city · eco-city · pristine wilderness · nature preserve · idyllic countryside
industrial cityrural village
Small countryside settlement
hamlet · rural hamlet · small village · countryside · small town