Random,
“So what are the facts, does it halachakly have shishim ribo bChol Yom passing or not?
That’s a question of metzius, not halacha.”
Of course the “metzius” is the issue . However, I purposely used the word “halachakly ” as the very ‘metzius’ is not something you just take a census etc. It should be defined by an Halachik perspective. There are many approaches and shitos how exactly we define ‘shishim ribo’ and B’chol Yom.
For starters, read carefully the אשל אברהם סי’ שמ”ה of the Da’as Kedoshi, which you can find in the back of most Shulchan Aruch’s.
Also, the Mishkenos Yaakov in his famous responsum on reshus harabim bzh”z how he explains the Shu”A and Tur shita of b’chol Yom…