urban center
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As the 4,000-year-old urban center became larger, more productive, and more successful, its society appears to have grown more equal rather than less.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
From this open-air vantage, you can truly appreciate Chiang Mai’s moated old city, more overgrown village than urban center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Krupp advises that those who are “committed to the Perseids” despite the diminished chances of visibility this year “should go somewhere far from any urban center and away from the scattered glare of artificial lighting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
Once a temperate seasonal beachfront outpost, the city has added 1,000 new residents over the past decade and evolved into a busy, increasingly expensive all-season urban center.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2024
Walls had been constructed out of wood, scrap metal, cars, anything big and strong enough to protect what was inside: a mostly burned-out urban center.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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