Cities (was gardens in UK, March) - off topic
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- Subject: Cities (was gardens in UK, March) - off topic
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 06:40:34 -0700 (MST)
In a message dated 28/02/97 18:50:55, Amy says:
<< You seem to take pains to differentiate between a city and a town --
other than my view of a city being larger than a town, is there some
other obvious-to-tourists difference? other than style of local
government?
>>
Ian then replies:
<<By definition, a city in England is a town with a cathedral.>>
Sorry, Ian, you're not correct.
Arundel is a borough (not even a town) near me which has a cathedral (albeit
Roman Catholic) - it is not a city.
Bristol has just been created a city - it has no cathedral.
In the UK, cities are created by royal decree. For example, Salisbury and
Chichester (my nearest city and a beautiful place that I love dearly) are
both cities. Brighton is not, although it must be more than five times bigger
than Chichester. Look at a map - most of the Greater London area is not a
city - the cities that make up London are the City of London and Westminster
(from memory) which only comprise a small part of the centre of the Great
London area. The biggest true city in England is Carlisle, which is not
really a very big place (not a lot of people know that!).
However, I believe it was the great geographer Weber (someone will probably
correct me) who said:
"A city is a state of mind"
- how true - a city in Europe or the US is different to a city in Botswana.
Graham Spencer
croftway@aol.com
