“A metropolis (in Greek mētēr meaning mother and pólis meaning city/town) is a big city,[1] A Mother City.
The Greater Hamilton Area is not simply 'Hamilton' but rather the sum of all her parts, all the components that make up this urban amalgamation – Ancaster, Dundas, Glanbrook, Stoney Creek, Flamborough, and on and on. This is also not simply a city with suburbs or independently functioning little cities or boroughs – this is a Metropolis.
In most cases a Metropolis has over half a million inhabitants in the city proper and at least one million living in it’s urban amalgamation. By the numbers we are almost there –we even are there already when we consider all of the towns and boroughs that actually have the economy and city of Hamilton as their urban center. 500,000 in the city proper – I believe we will get there, sooner than later. .
Although we are defiantly plagued with the brutal daily Toronto bound exodus and commute, we do not spin on Toronto’s axis. The Torontopolis ends at Burlington.
The Greater Hamilton Area is not simply 'Hamilton' but rather the sum of all her parts, all the components that make up this urban amalgamation – Ancaster, Dundas, Glanbrook, Stoney Creek, Flamborough, and on and on. This is also not simply a city with suburbs or independently functioning little cities or boroughs – this is a Metropolis.
In most cases a Metropolis has over half a million inhabitants in the city proper and at least one million living in it’s urban amalgamation. By the numbers we are almost there –we even are there already when we consider all of the towns and boroughs that actually have the economy and city of Hamilton as their urban center. 500,000 in the city proper – I believe we will get there, sooner than later. .
Although we are defiantly plagued with the brutal daily Toronto bound exodus and commute, we do not spin on Toronto’s axis. The Torontopolis ends at Burlington.
Hamilton has a different beat.
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