Describing towns

Is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch.

• shantytown

• boomtown

• historic town

An area in or on the edge of a city, in which poor people live in small, very cheaply built houses

• shantytown

• border town

• ghost town

Is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy.

• industrial town

• shantytown

• vacation town/resort

a town where few or no people now live

• border town

• college town

• ghost town

famous or likely to become famous in history, significant

• historic town

• shantytown

• state capital

is a town or city in which the municipal economy, at least historically, is centered around industry, with important factories or other production facilities in the town.

• ghost town

• industrial town

• border town

the capital city of a political subdivision of a country

• state capital

• college town

• port

A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support

• industrial town

• border town

• port town

an agglomeration in a rural environment with a population of several thousands but whose workforce's main occupation is agriculture.

• border town

• farming town

• vacation town

Is a community that is dominated by its university population.

• historic town

• industrial town

• college town