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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whoever just referred to Brooklyn as a suburb just lost all credibility. I lived in Brooklyn for 4 years (am originally from Manhattan) and moved to Rockville 3 years ago.

I was walking distance to Barclays Center and an insane amount of restaurants, bars, and retail. Brooklyn would be the 4th largest City in population if each borough of NYC was considered it's own city. For crying out loud almost 1 million more people live in Brooklyn than Manhattan.

I didn't own a car since the subway would take me wherever I needed to go. I was a 25 minute walk to work as my office was in Brooklyn (or 2 subway stops away and a 5 min walk from the subway). Brooklyn is as much of a city as anywhere in DC.

Side note, my favorite steakhouse in Brooklyn St. Anselm recently opened it's second location which is in DC, if anyone gets a chance to go, the food there is top notch.

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Wow 4 years... it's a suburb honey. It has been for 200 years.

Being about to walk to a restaurant does not make it a city.

Everything you posted about Brooklyn is also true about Rockville.

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When I grew up in southern Brooklyn in the 60's, no one would have described where we lived as a suburb. That was Long Island. But we called taking the subway to Manhattan "going to the city", and the signs in the station mezzanines identified the platforms as "From City" and "To City".[/quote]

The city of Rockville also thinks they are a city.  :roll: [/quote]

According to the US census, they are an incorporated city. With 61,000 people, I think they certainly qualify as a small city. What's your issue? [/quote]

It’s a suburb of DC.

So is NWDC, so is CCDC, so is Brooklyn.[/quote]

You can have a city that is still a suburb, vis-a-vis the major city in the metro area.

Unless you want to question what the US Census says about Rockville, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, etc.?[/quote]

Are you saying Rockville, SS and Gaithersburg are not suburbs?[/quote]

They are incorporated cities that are located in the suburbs of DC. Again, if you have a problem with their designation as cities, take it up with the Census Bureau.[/quote]

Rockville and Gaithersburg are incorporated cities; Silver Spring is not.[/quote]

Sorry you’re right — I was thinking of Takoma Park.[/quote]

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