The metropolis grows like a tree in concentric circles, rim upon rim, the inner rings hardening or "citifying" and the outer bark expanding or "urbanizing."
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The metropolis grows like a tree in concentric circles, rim upon rim, the inner rings hardening or "citifying" and the outer bark expanding or "urbanizing."
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The United States of America is not yet a jungle of metropolitan areas, but we are citifying at a very rapid pace.
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My wife and I happened to have fought with authorities to address the extremely dangerous roads throughout this citifying rural community.
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Harness racing was being citified by crooked lawyers.
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