Misuse
Even in the English speaking world, there can be considerable confusion about the term “city proper.” Official city websites sometimes claim that ”the city proper is the area of the city where the population is the most densely populated” - which is a common misconception. Even noted demography experts, such as Richard L. Forstall, Richard P. Greene, and James B. Pick, authors of the paper "Which Are The Largest? Why Published Populations For Major World Urban Areas Vary So Greatly" (which is the basis for List of metropolitan areas by population), can get confused about the usage of “city proper.” On page 2, they give “city proper” an “administrative definition.” On page 5, they imply that the administrative boundaries define the “city proper.” Yet on page 14, they make “city proper” a smaller subset of the administrative areas of the cities of Tokyo, Mexico City and Chicago, and imply that “city proper” and “administrative area” can be different. When articles are translated from other languages, “city proper” is often misused for the city center. One should not automatically assume that "city proper" always refers to “administrative area”. Caution should be exercised if the text was translated from another language.
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