metropolitan area

metropolitan area
An area of population usually with a central or core city and surrounding towns or suburbs.

Before the year was out there were, in addition to Redwoods pioneer vehicle, quite a number of motor-perambulators to be seen in the west of London. I am told there were as many as eleven; but the most careful inquiries yield trustworthy evidence of only six within the Metropolitan area at that time.


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