Yes, that's true. There is no possibility of agreement because the word "city" has a definition, and you don't seem to know what it is. What you are describing are villages and small towns at the very most, but for the most part, farmland and isolated settlements, which is not at all the same thing as "densely populated neighborhoods of the city". Even the article you are using to support your arguments doesn't agree with your definition, since they are talking about the very "closely packed streets and structures" that you say are not a part of the definition of "city" in countries like Afghanistan.