Place
Place noun - The area or space occupied by or intended for something.
Small town and place are semantically related in village topic. In some cases you can use "Small town" instead a noun "Place".
Small town
Small town noun - A community of people smaller than a town.
Place and small town are semantically related in village topic. Sometimes you can use "Place" instead a noun phrase "Small town".
Both terms in one sentence
- Justified because the comic takes place in a small town in Ohio, which is unlikely to have a large black population in the first place.
Source: Webcomic / Freakwatch - The small town in which Buffet Of Lies takes place is named for American actor Ted Danson.
Source: Shout Out / Web Comics - The Animal Crossing games take place entirely in a single, improbably small town.
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