I'm only guessing but "what determines the size of a town" would be..
location
access to natural resources
community spirit/politeness of the folk
effective police/low incidents of crime
decent educational facilities with creative teachers(not monotonous drones that taught me..with the exception of "Judy"
entrepreneurial spirit/with capital investment(only folks that will re-invest in the town welcome)
banks/low interest rates on loans home and business
Historical significance/Taken advantage by entrepreneurial investors
Decent roadworks and maintenance(utmost quality control)
effective local council(transparency and accountability)
events organising committee/parades and stuff
Decent telecommunictions infrastructure/internet access/etc
Types of shops in malls
recreational facilities for kids
Types of bars
Types of churches (instill moral character and all that jazz)
Quality of Hotels and motels(word of mouth in tourist circles is a killer and could make or brake a town)
A descent library(the bigger the better with online services
Scholarships funding committee/or access to(anonymous donors welcome)
Environmental issues addressed
polution policed and strict environmental bylaws enforced(Aesthetics of the business interior and exterior is critical..so no eye sore businesses with toxic waste dumps or wrecking caryards
Everything is about quality and accessibility and tranparency and financial accountabilty and pride in your community
If corruption can be controlled and eliminated ..so there is no conflict of interest..great
Oh **** the list goes on...Your town would see a significant change in demographics and income if these factors were properly addressed.
and as for your question:
"and is there a difference between a town and a city?"
The appearance of burger king or wendy's or whatever popular fast food chain there is..will tell you that you are doing something right.
The difference would be between town and city is that the above mentioned factors or facilities ...in fact most of them are not available :-(..(I'm just brainstorming so don't debate me)
..ok thats it from me
location, the southwest corner of hartford county connecticut
access to natural resources, over 700 acres in parks, a hand full of farms
community spirit/politeness of the folk
, some wack nuts, some lower class people who shouldnt be here, most of the people are nice/ normal
effective police/low incidents of crime, police are ok crime is lower than national average
decent educational facilities with creative teachers(not monotonous drones that taught me..with the exception of "Judy"
one or two blue ribbon schools, lots of weird/ wack nut teachers
entrepreneurial spirit/with capital investment(only folks that will re-invest in the town welcome), kind of
banks/low interest rates on loans home and business, normal
Historical significance/Taken advantage by entrepreneurial investors, 4th most historic small town in the united states
Decent roadworks and maintenance(utmost quality control), our town is concidered to have "bad infrastructure" our roads are falling apart and we dont have a highway in town, anywhere, yet
effective local council(transparency and accountability), ahhhhh, not so sure
events organising committee/parades and stuff, lots of events, concidered the "mum city", a few parades, a few carnivals, lake compounce
Decent telecommunictions infrastructure/internet access/etc, yup
Types of shops in malls, we have a mall but its more of an indoor shopping center with a handful of stores (they tore our granite post office down for this)
recreational facilities for kids, parks/ schools, yards
Types of bars, a handful
Types of churches (instill moral character and all that jazz), all different churches, i go to an irish roman catholic church down the street from me on what once was the irish section of town
Quality of Hotels and motels(word of mouth in tourist circles is a killer and could make or brake a town) we have a radison on our town line
A descent library(the bigger the better with online services
Scholarships funding committee/or access to(anonymous donors welcome), 2 pretty average sized libraries
Environmental issues addressed, usually
polution policed and strict environmental bylaws enforced(Aesthetics of the business interior and exterior is critical..so no eye sore businesses with toxic waste dumps or wrecking caryards, i think we have one or two junk yards but they are pretty well hidden, some junkie areas but nothing terrible
