[talk-au] cities changed to towns

[Nathan Van Der Meulen]

I completely disagree that population alone should be used to classify a location (unless the populations are seriously reduced).  Going by the suggested populations, places like Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Charleville will become villages and Norseman, Laverton and Lockhart hamlets.

The population method may well work in most of Europe as a 'village' of 2,000 people will rarely be further than 50km from a town and therefore won't need facilities beyond a basic fuel station and general store.  Rural Australia is a different game.
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