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Urban culture is the culture
Culture

Culture is difficult to define. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions....
 of cities
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
. Cities all over the world, past and present, have behaviors and cultural elements that separate them from otherwise comparable rural
Rural

Rural areas are large and isolated areas of a country, often with low populations. Today, 75 percent of the United States' inhabitants live in suburban and urban areas, but cities occupy only 2 percent of the country....
 areas.

In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 "urban" is often used as a euphemism
Euphemism

A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener, or in the case of #Doublespeak, to make it less troublesome for the speaker....
 to describe hip hop culture or subsets of black culture
African American culture

African American culture in the United States refers to the cultural contributions of African ethnic groups to the culture of the United States, either as part of or distinct from American culture....
; being these defined groups as a type of urban tribe
Urban Tribe

Urban Tribe is the alias used by Sherard Ingram, an electronic musician from Detroit.Urban Tribe's first releases were issued on Carl Craig's labels, Retroactive Records and Planet E....
. Hence names for cultural artifacts like urban music could be seen as a new term for "Race music
Race music

Race music is the term used in the first half of the 20th century for the kinds of African American music of that time, like jazz, Boogie-woogie , blues, jump blues, and rhythm-and-blues....
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Urban culture is the culture
Culture

Culture is difficult to define. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions....
 of cities
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
. Cities all over the world, past and present, have behaviors and cultural elements that separate them from otherwise comparable rural
Rural

Rural areas are large and isolated areas of a country, often with low populations. Today, 75 percent of the United States' inhabitants live in suburban and urban areas, but cities occupy only 2 percent of the country....
 areas.

In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 "urban" is often used as a euphemism
Euphemism

A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener, or in the case of #Doublespeak, to make it less troublesome for the speaker....
 to describe hip hop culture or subsets of black culture
African American culture

African American culture in the United States refers to the cultural contributions of African ethnic groups to the culture of the United States, either as part of or distinct from American culture....
; being these defined groups as a type of urban tribe
Urban Tribe

Urban Tribe is the alias used by Sherard Ingram, an electronic musician from Detroit.Urban Tribe's first releases were issued on Carl Craig's labels, Retroactive Records and Planet E....
. Hence names for cultural artifacts like urban music could be seen as a new term for "Race music
Race music

Race music is the term used in the first half of the 20th century for the kinds of African American music of that time, like jazz, Boogie-woogie , blues, jump blues, and rhythm-and-blues....
". It can also refer to the greater availability of cultural resources (such as art, theatre, events, etc) as compared to suburban or rural areas.

United States urbanization, which began in the late 1800s, created many new cities. Cities sprang up, which attracted industry, which attracted people. The population in these new cities grew rapidly. Many farmers, immigrants, and African Americans from the South came to these major cities in search of jobs and excitement.

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