Which of the following is an accurate description of a city’s role in its surrounding region?

Question

Cities are always nodes in the functional regions of metropolitan areas.
Cities are always nodes in the functional regions of metropolitan areas.

Cities provide infrastructure for suburbs and surrounding rural areas.
Cities provide infrastructure for suburbs and surrounding rural areas.

Cities are always the homes of the people who work in them.
Cities are always the homes of the people who work in them.

City governments control the governments of the suburbs that surround them.

Answer 1

The most accurate description of a city's role in its surrounding region from the options provided is:

Cities provide infrastructure for suburbs and surrounding rural areas.

This statement acknowledges the role of cities as providers of services and infrastructure (such as transportation, healthcare, education, etc.) that benefit not only their residents but also those who live in nearby suburbs and rural areas. The other statements are not universally accurate; for example, cities may not always be nodes in functional regions, they may not always be the homes of the people who work in them, and city governments do not generally control the governments of surrounding suburbs.