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Original post by Mufasaa
It's either us or Reading who's the biggest town, don't remember which.

All the locals who're like "We're a town and we should always be a town!" annoy me. So what? It's ****.

Northampton is the 3rd largest town.

It goes Reading, Dudley (where the hell is that?) and then Northampton.

Shame, it can't even claim to be the largest town which was the only thing going for it.
Original post by helen-a-ravenclaw
Dudley (where the hell is that?)

:no:
Original post by Shabalala
If they keep announcing new cities then there won't be any towns or villages left within 20 years

The only places that should be counted as cities are

London
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Manchester
Liverpool
Newcastle
Birmingham
Leeds
Belfast
Cardiff
Londonderry
Aberdeen
Swansea
Dundee
Sheffield

Out of interest, why those 15 places for cities?
Original post by + polarity -
:no:


What?

I've never heard of a place called Dudley in England until today.
finally perth *whew*
Original post by Mufasaa
IIRC there's a few benefits like extra funding.


You don't remember correctly as there is zero extra funding.
Reply 26
Original post by lambert1
Northampton has a cathedral? I have lived in Northamptonshire for the last 15 years and I didn't know that.

It's on Barrack Road. Not a big cathedral by any means, but a cathedral none-the-less.

Original post by helen-a-ravenclaw
Northampton is the 3rd largest town.

It goes Reading, Dudley (where the hell is that?) and then Northampton.

Shame, it can't even claim to be the largest town which was the only thing going for it.


Dudley's bigger than Northampton? It's getting worse. :frown:
Reply 27
Chelmsford - a city :toofunny:

<3 x
Reply 28
Original post by Morgsie
I thought Reading would get it.


Original post by Tommyjw
Mate is from Chelmsford, he is pretty excited.. for some reason.


I wanted reading to get it to, would have been fun to be in a city at last!

and I can kind of understand why your friend is excited to be in a "new city", although i don't know why....
(edited 12 years ago)
Reply 29
According to wikipedia, St Aspah has a population less than my village :lolwut:
Reply 30
What the heck is St Asaph???
Reply 31
Cities just seem much shinier and more pleasant than towns in my experience.*


*My experience of towns tends to mean Northampton and Wellingborough, which are neither shiny nor pleasant in the slightest.
Original post by helen-a-ravenclaw
What?

I've never heard of a place called Dudley in England until today.


Four or five years ago there was an earthquake in the UK which centred in Dudley. I live down south but still felt the ground shake a bit. I remember reading in the paper afterwards that most people hadn't heard of Dudley before the earthquake happened :biggrin: Apparently Lenny Henry was born there too, though I might be remembering wrong.
Original post by Shabalala
If they keep announcing new cities then there won't be any towns or villages left within 20 years

The only places that should be counted as cities are

London
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Manchester
Liverpool
Newcastle
Birmingham
Leeds
Belfast
Cardiff
Londonderry
Aberdeen
Swansea
Dundee
Sheffield

What are your criteria for inclusion on the list?

Also, isn't Scotland massively over represented when the population of Scotland is about 5 5 million and the England about 50 million? Shouldn't your list be more representative of that?

Also, why exclude places like Nottingham, Bristol and Leicester?
Reply 34
I think us here in Doncaster (and Goole) knew that we wouldn't get it, but it's a little disappointing. I thought Reading would get it too :tongue:

For those complaining about St Asaph, they chose one from Scotland, England and Wales, and so there wasn't much other competition for the Welsh one, although i'm not sure what else was on the list.
Original post by Shabalala
If they keep announcing new cities then there won't be any towns or villages left within 20 years

The only places that should be counted as cities are

London
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Manchester
Liverpool
Newcastle
Birmingham
Leeds
Belfast
Cardiff
Londonderry
Aberdeen
Swansea
Dundee
Sheffield


What about York and Cambridge? :s-smilie:
The Queen is trolling y'all
Original post by Shabalala
If they keep announcing new cities then there won't be any towns or villages left within 20 years

The only places that should be counted as cities are

London
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Manchester
Liverpool
Newcastle
Birmingham
Leeds
Belfast
Cardiff
Londonderry
Aberdeen
Swansea
Dundee
Sheffield


Why not Exeter, Bristol, Plymouth, Nottingham, Cambridge, Oxford, York, Coventry, Swindon etc???

:chaplin:
(edited 12 years ago)
How about city status for Swindon? Almost 200,000 people. This is an absolute joke.
Reply 39
Southampton and Brighton and Hove should be added too.

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