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 +'''Urban culture''' is the [[culture]] of [[city|cities]]. Cities all over the world, past and present, have behaviors and cultural elements that separate them from otherwise comparable [[rural]] areas.
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 +In the [[United States|US]] and [[United Kingdom|UK]], "urban" is often used as a [[euphemism]] to describe [[hip hop culture]] or subsets of [[African American culture|black culture]]; being these defined groups as a type of [[urban tribe]]. Hence names for cultural artifacts like [[urban music]] could be seen as a new term for "[[Race music]]". It can also refer to the greater availability of cultural resources (such as art, theatre, events, etc) as compared to suburban or rural areas.
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 +The defining theme is the presence of a great number of very different people in a very limited space - most of them are [[Stranger|strangers]] to each other. This makes it possible to build up a vast array of [[subculture|subcultures]] close to each other, exposed to each other's [[Social influence|influence]], but without necessarily intruding into people's [[Private sphere|private lives]].
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 +In the United States, ''Urban culture'' has been used as a [[euphemism|euphemistic]] reference to contemporary [[African-American culture]].
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 +== Urban areas ==
 +Globally, urban areas tend to also be home to concentrations of power, such as government capitals and corporate headquarters, and the wealthy and powerful people that are employed in them. Cities also organize people, create norms, beliefs, and values. As outlined by Max Weber in his book, ''[[The City]]'', "there are five things that make a city: fortification, market, a law code, an association of urban citizenry creating a sense of municipal corporateness, and sufficient political autonomy for urban citizens to choose the city’s governors." In some countries, elites have built themselves enclaves outside of the central city (e.g. [[white flight]] in the United States).
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 +== Politics and social trends ==
 +In most of the [[Western world]], urban areas tend to be politically to the left of suburban and rural areas, even if [[deindustrialization]] has reduced the influence of [[labour unions]] and the [[working class]], the new urban left is supported by upper middle class [[white-collar worker]]s, students and academics, and creative types (artists). Urbanites also tend to be less religious, more environmentalist, and more open to immigration than rural people.
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 +==See also==
 +* [[African-American culture]]
 +* [[Chicago School (sociology)]]
 +* [[Graffiti]]
 +* [[Hip hop culture]]
 +* [[Hipster (contemporary subculture)]]
 +* [[Inner city]]
 +* [[Subculture]]
 +* [[Urban contemporary]]
 +* [[Urban economics]]
 +* [[Urban sociology]]
 +* [[Urbanism]]
 +* [[Urbanization]]
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Urban culture is the culture of cities. Cities all over the world, past and present, have behaviors and cultural elements that separate them from otherwise comparable rural areas.

In the US and UK, "urban" is often used as a euphemism to describe hip hop culture or subsets of black culture; being these defined groups as a type of urban tribe. Hence names for cultural artifacts like urban music could be seen as a new term for "Race music". It can also refer to the greater availability of cultural resources (such as art, theatre, events, etc) as compared to suburban or rural areas.

The defining theme is the presence of a great number of very different people in a very limited space - most of them are strangers to each other. This makes it possible to build up a vast array of subcultures close to each other, exposed to each other's influence, but without necessarily intruding into people's private lives.

In the United States, Urban culture has been used as a euphemistic reference to contemporary African-American culture.

Urban areas

Globally, urban areas tend to also be home to concentrations of power, such as government capitals and corporate headquarters, and the wealthy and powerful people that are employed in them. Cities also organize people, create norms, beliefs, and values. As outlined by Max Weber in his book, The City, "there are five things that make a city: fortification, market, a law code, an association of urban citizenry creating a sense of municipal corporateness, and sufficient political autonomy for urban citizens to choose the city’s governors." In some countries, elites have built themselves enclaves outside of the central city (e.g. white flight in the United States).

Politics and social trends

In most of the Western world, urban areas tend to be politically to the left of suburban and rural areas, even if deindustrialization has reduced the influence of labour unions and the working class, the new urban left is supported by upper middle class white-collar workers, students and academics, and creative types (artists). Urbanites also tend to be less religious, more environmentalist, and more open to immigration than rural people.

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