metro area
City and environs
A metro area is a major city together with the surrounding suburbs and smaller communities that are economically and socially connected to it.
Population statistics often distinguish between a city proper and its metro area: Phoenix has 1.6 million people, but the metro area has over 4.8 million.
Short for metropolitan area.
- public transitShared community vehicle system
- mass transitShared urban transportation network
- commuter railSuburb-to-downtown train service
- arts districtArea with concentrated creative venues
- cityLarge populated area
inner city · business district · suburb · suburban sprawl · crowd · megalopolis · urban sprawl · satellite city · water supply · exurb · energy grid · job market · population density · traffic · taxi · nightlife · commuter belt · highway system
- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
- city termsmayor, city council, city hall, zoning laws, urban sprawl
- jurisdictionscounty, city, province, state, counties
- urban areascity, town, district, districts, neighborhoods
- Censuscensus bureau, census tract, enumeration, enumerator, headcount
- urban demographicspopulation density, urban migration, population boom, city growth, headcount
metro arearural area
Low-density agricultural region
countryside · hinterland · backcountry · outback · wilderness
metro areadowntown
Central business district
neighborhood · city center · census tract · municipality · locality