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I would say that, based on the Hobbit quote, the Dorwinian elves would have had to have at least a small city. If nothing else, the very nature of the trade between themselves and thier Northern kinsman would more or less require somewhere where goods could be centralized for export; somewhere big enough to have the space for the large harbor quay/dock system needed to support a trading fleet. Either that, or the Elves in Dorwinion would have to be on such good terms with the men that it was feasible for elves to use Mannish cities and Mannish ships to ship thier goods (i.e. the shipping cities of Dorwinion would have to be integrated, with elves and men living more or less side by side something we usually don't see in ME.)
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