*From a legal view*: in California the municipality decides what to call itself.
*From a mapping view*: we should map what's verifiable. If the sign at the boundary says 'City', then its really hard to justify anything other than 'City' in OSM, especially in areas like California. *From a rendering view*: this need not match the tagging. For California a relatively simple lookup or a gnis:id, one could pull in census data for population (either the decennial census or the acs). The population is traditionally the key for cartographic prominence.* Amador City*(population about 150 last I went through) would render smaller than the *Town of Apple Valley* (population 70,000).
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