Not really. A city is an administrative area, yes, but depending on where you are in the country the role you are describing might be a &quot;township.&quot; In addition, there are often qualifiers to be a &quot;city&quot; in most states. Most cities end before reaching rural areas and you get into a township or &quot;just a&quot; county; we generally refer to &quot;rural&quot; as not in a city in casual conversation. Urban is different and not necessarily the direct antonym of rural; there&#x27;s a middle ground.<p>California seems to be an exception where my GPS will report a city quite far away as &quot;where I am now&quot; when I&#x27;m in the sticks, but that might be my GPS. California is also less particular about administrative division naming than, say, Michigan.<p>City, town, village, county, parish, and township all have particular meanings that vary across the country. This is not an area where one can say &quot;the USA&quot; and be correct, as with many things in our really-50-countries patchwork. One example is that Wisconsin dubs &quot;towns&quot; what Michigan calls &quot;civil townships.&quot;<p>America is confusing, even before you get into the debate over New Urbanism.