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What does metro resident mean? What is meant by lumber mill town?
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caren_630
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What does metro resident mean? What is meant by lumber mill town?
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I have a very difficult time trying to figure out the meaning of metro residents vs city residents as well as the meaning of lumber mill town.
"Vancouver is ethnically diverse, with 52% of city residents and 43% of Metro residents having a first language other than English"
"The city developed rapidly from a small lumber mill town into a metropolitan center." |
27 Feb 2014
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yanogator
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I �m not sure about the city/metro question, although I would guess that it means "within the legal city limits" vs "in the entire metropolitan area". A lumber mill is a place where trees are processed into boards (lumber). The town was built around the economy of the lumber mill, so it was a lumber mill town. Bruce |
27 Feb 2014
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Sharwong
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Hi,
So pleased that you are learning about my city! Metro Vancouver is the same as Greater Vancouver (colloquially) or it means the City of Vancouver geographically and its encompassing suburbs such as Burnaby, Richmond, North and West Vancouver, Langley etc. You can google Metro Vancouver and find all the information there. And yes, Bruce, you are correct about Vancouver �s history as a lumber mill town.
Sharon
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27 Feb 2014
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