 Inversely, the area of a city can be entirely built up, with that urban environment spilling over a boundary into another area which does not have city status.That wider urban area can still be considered in everyday parlance locally as a whole 'city' although it is not a formal designation.With the 'square mile' City of London being in the middle of a huge urban area, it can be suggested that 'small' should be applied to only cities with minimal urban areas that have nearby surrounding areas of countryside and so is visibly representative of the term, Wells being more suitable in this regard as the smallest standalone city council area.