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		tpm 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rising young worker despair in the United States > the urban population between the latest and previous census only increased by 4.8%, while the rural population grew by 6.5%. One immediate question would be, how are the suburbs classified, urban or rural?

9rx 5 months ago [–]

Canada defines urban as: A population center with at least 1,000 people and a population density of at least 400 people per square kilometer. Anything falling short of that is considered rural.

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