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urban culture

American  
[ur-buhn kuhl-cher] / ˈɜr bən ˈkʌl tʃər /

noun

  • urban cultures
    plural
  1. the culture of a particular city or of cities generally, or the culture typical of urban society.


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The epicenter of dembow music and Dominican urban culture where “teteos,” or endless parties, are both integral to the local economy and the space where artistic innovation flourishes.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2025

After around 300 CE, we have evidence of a complex urban culture, such as burial mounds of a large new ruling class.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

And she has streamed in, hot from the street, the urban culture of the South Central Los Angeles neighborhood where she grew up and where she still lives.

From New York Times Apr. 16, 2023

Nomadic no more, they have found stillness and stability in a small zendo, or mediation hall, tucked on the edge of two neighborhoods in Alaska’s most populous city and epicenter of urban culture.

From Seattle Times Nov. 7, 2022

Both religions - the secular and the divine - were threatened by the spirit of freedom and initiative embodied in urban culture, commerce and finance.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin

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