What would extraterrestrial cities be called?

[Wizard Kerbal]

Just an interesting question!

 

[Dientus]

Ummm... Cities?

 

By whom? Humans? Kerbals? Unknown extraterrestrials that created them? Any particular planet/system in mind?

 

I assume if its newly discovered by humans, we would name them similarly how we name our terrestrial ones. Who discovered it, nearby landmarks, interesting features, etcetera.

Unless we communicate somehow with them, in which case I assume we would use the names they have chosen (if possible).

[cubinator]

Cities.

[kerbiloid]

Sandcastles.

[StrandedonEarth]

On 7/5/2021 at 9:04 PM, kerbiloid said:

Sandcastles.

Castles made of sand

Slip into the sea

Eventually

 

As to the OP, um, Megalopolis? Alienopolis? Bugolopolis?

[kerbiloid]

3 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Bugolopolis?

Bungalowpolis. A nd Bungahighpolis on the hill.

[StrandedonEarth]

28 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

Bungalowpolis. A nd Bungahighpolis on the hill.

Cowabungalopolis?

[Dr. Kerbal]

Cities. 

[cubinator]

9 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Bugolopolis?

No that's the cubinator family insect farm within the extraplanetary city. Get your interplanetary roach tortillas here!

Edited July 8, 2021 by cubinator

[kerbiloid]

Marsity. Venusity. Lunacity,

Hermesity (on Mercury). Phobosity. Deimosity. Ceresity. Pallasity. Callisity.

Charonborough. Ioborough.

Titantown. Tritontown.

The Saturring Suburban Area.

[razark]

First, what is a "city"?
Second, where is it?  What size?

Is it a small thing, orbiting a planet?  It's a station.

Is it a handful of scientists on Mars?  It's an outpost.

Is it a self-sufficient settlement on the moon?  It's a colony.

Is it the single entity that most civilizations refer to as the example that all human settlements should aspire to?  It's "Byzantium", Constantinople", "Istanbul", or multiple other names depending on where and when you are.

[kerbiloid]

It will be named after a guy who forgot a backup wheel for his rover.

[MKI]

For the uninitiated alien.... maybe "nerve centers" for the "cells" that follows an orderly pattern that follow largely geometric layouts in and out of these "nerve centers".

 

 

[Dientus]

3 hours ago, MKI said:

For the uninitiated alien.... maybe "nerve centers" for the "cells" that follows an orderly pattern that follow largely geometric layouts in and out of these "nerve centers".

Maybe they are like Zerg and there are no cities per se, just vast collections of central hives and colonies made purely from animal cells that actually lives, eats, and breathes?

[Admiral Fluffy]

 

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Minimum population requirement of 25,000 for new cities; ex- isting cities have a minimum population requirement of 5,000. Cities must be at least 4 square miles in area, have a minimum population density of 1,000 people per square mile, and an assessed property valuation of $2,500 per capita

Definition of the U.S. census bureau 

21 hours ago, razark said:

Is it a self-sufficient settlement on the moon?  It's a colony.

Taking the above example, and the definition, a Lunar City would have a population density of 1,000+ people per square mile, be at least 4 square miles in area, and have at least 25,000 inhabitants.

I don’t know what capita is, and what it means, but I do know that the city needs to make money.

[kerbiloid]

3 hours ago, Admiral Fluffy said:

Cities must be at least 4 square miles in area

What about a mountain full of dwarves? Isn't it a city?

Or does it include total area of the levels?

[Admiral Fluffy]

9 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

What about a mountain full of dwarves? Isn't it a city?

Or does it include total area of the levels?

I think the dwarves would count, and i'm too lazy to look the last one up.

[Zacspace]

Assuming by extraterrestrial, we're talking about Mars and not a sci-fi earth-2 type planet then we're probably talking about a city entirely within one structure or number of connected structures. Essentially an arcology. (or a shopping mall)