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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9884794" data-attributes="member: 11760">Sunnydale (which was filmed in Tustin, California for the Sunnydale High exteriors and a soundstage otherwise) absolutely fits the definition of a city.It's got 38,500 residents and a University of California campus.A city (or town, which is functionally the same thing here) in California requires legal incorporation and that's it. The <a href="https://www.california-demographics.com/cities_by_population" target="_blank">populations of the cities</a> range from more than 3.8 million for Los Angeles (and much of what one thinks of as "Los Angeles" are actually other cities within Los Angeles County, often with no space between them and the next city over) and down to mere handfuls of people.I live in a what is 100% a city about an hour east of Los Angeles with a smaller population than Sunnydale. And like Sunnydale, it's centered around a major university that employs many of its residents. And even though I'm not in LA County, which touches my county, my city seamlessly flows into other nearby cities where geography allows, and only the changes in zoning laws (and the city logos on street signs) will tell you you've moved cities for the most part.In the western United States, where population density is much lower than on the east coast, most cities aren't a bunch of skyscrapers, but often sprawling areas of one and two-story buildings.</blockquote>