If they’re from the St Louis area, they’re local. I don’t really care whether anybody likes it or not, its just the way it is.
Most of us had never heard of Ferguson 10 days ago and if we saw it on a map it was part of St Louis.
If you guys want to play along with ABC news and mangle the English language then by all means do so....don’t expect everyone else to play along.....
It depends on what “ is” means I guess....