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"Population of entire Greater Manchester Urban Area is 2,244,931 (2005 estimate)"

but it is silent on leeds-bradford as conurbation.

― That one guy that quit, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:05 (sixteen years ago) link

Who needs a river when you've got an enormous extinct volcano. Anyway there is a river, it's called the Water of Leith (not to mention the presently pooey firth of forth).

― leigh, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:06 (sixteen years ago) link

the way the above works really really counts against cities like Newcastle!

― 600, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:06 (sixteen years ago) link

leeds-bradford isnt usually described as a single conurbation. although the two cities blur, they are usually thought of as two conurbations. when they are conflated its usually as the west yorkshire conurbation, also comprising halifax, huddersfield, wakefield, dewsbury etc

― 600, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:07 (sixteen years ago) link

Anyway there is a river, it's called the Water of Leith

I know, but a river should flow thru the centre of a city

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:08 (sixteen years ago) link

Wait... since when is Luton a fucking city? And since when is it so big?

― the next grozart, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:14 (sixteen years ago) link

the main thing with embra is that there is a RAILWAY LINE where the river should be...

― CarsmileSteve, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:19 (sixteen years ago) link

I know, it's ALWAYS a disappointment when you look over the bridge

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:20 (sixteen years ago) link

oxford and brighton are the only other places in the uk i like, apart from london

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:22 (sixteen years ago) link

oh i didn't see the scottish ones actually! i'll tick edinburgh, i've never been to glasgow but i think i'd like it

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:22 (sixteen years ago) link

that's probably true

crosspost

― RJG, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:25 (sixteen years ago) link

first thing i think of in each case:

Belfast: ornate yet somehow generic old buildings and churches
Birmingham: the bull ring, still
Bristol: the bridge
Cardiff: that nice looking city centre featured every 3 seconds in Torchwood:
Edinburgh: the big hilltop and stoney walls
Glasgow: the cathedral and necropolis
Leeds: the corn exchange
Leicester: hmm, the train station?
Liverpool: the docks and the cathedral
Manchester: terracotta brickwork and the canal
Newcastle: the Tyne bridge but also that great-looking art building
Nottingham: memory of visting their Nostalgia & Comics
Sheffield: the ski village!

― blueski, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:44 (sixteen years ago) link

good post blueski

― 600, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:47 (sixteen years ago) link

first for me

belfast: a postcard of a dock
birmingham: yes, the bullring
bristol: yes, the bridge
cardiff: no picture in my mind
edinburgh: some people drinking outside next to some old wall
glasgow: a postcard of a dock
leeds: parkinson building, but corn exchange close behind
leicester: no picture in my mind
liverpool: the train station
manchester: oldham st, cheetham hill, oxford rd
newcastle: st james park
nottingham: university flats
sheffield: water sculpture in train station

― 600, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:50 (sixteen years ago) link

Manchester: erroneous belief in second city status

― Michael Philip Philip Philip philip Annoyman, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:51 (sixteen years ago) link

^ thats not true they think their the first city lol etc

― 600, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:52 (sixteen years ago) link

― Michael Philip Philip Philip philip Annoyman, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 12:54 (sixteen years ago) link

Out of the ones I've been to on that list it's Glasgow.

― chap, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:09 (sixteen years ago) link

The thing about the bridge in Bristol is that it leads from the suburbs out into the countryside but looking down when you're walking across it is really fucking terrifying. I think I immediately identify with the area around the docks first and foremost though.

Glasgow would be my #2 fwiw, then Sheffield for sentimental reasons. Leicester can eat a dick.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:14 (sixteen years ago) link

Leicester can eat a dick.

Not only will we, but we won't mind if you're unhappy with the service. We aim to please.

But, any particular reason you'd like us to do it?

― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:48 (sixteen years ago) link

Leicester just seems so nothingy, I can't think of anything interesting about it at all, is there anything?

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:49 (sixteen years ago) link

they has a bucket.

― blueski, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:51 (sixteen years ago) link

Leicester can eat a dick.

Sadly it looks like London may be leading the way there...

Man cuts off his own penis in busy restaurant

― NickB, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:52 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh yes, several. But it takes time to appreciate it's nothingness as somethingness.

― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:52 (sixteen years ago) link

the clock tower is lovely tho i must say. perhaps one of the better relatively small-scale clock towers (better than Brighton's imo)?

― blueski, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:53 (sixteen years ago) link

looking at wikipedia famous Leiecestarians...i thought Diesel Park West were Scottish!

― blueski, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:55 (sixteen years ago) link

they has a bucket.

That reminds me of a old joke:

(interior of record shop)
Customer: "Have you got anything by the Doors?"
Sales Assistant: "Yes, a bucket of sand and a fire extinguisher"

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:55 (sixteen years ago) link

belfast: bombs
birmingham: jasper carrot
bristol: skins and trip hop
cardiff: a street full of takeaway shops
edinburgh: kilts and people talking "quite nicely".
glasgow: rickets and fighting. and my dad.
leeds: leeks
leicester: cheddar with food dye in it.
liverpool: Bill Drummond
manchester: people being shot in nightclubs in the early 90s
newcastle: jacketless people going "givusareegananyatits!"
nottingham: a wood. for some reason.
sheffield: the boardwalk

― the next grozart, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 13:57 (sixteen years ago) link

I suspect I may be the only person voting for Bristol here.

i nearly voted for it. i really liked it, although people there kept warning us about how dangerous it was and made it seem like getting stabbed by a crackhead was inevitable.

― lauren, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link

how absurd.

― blueski, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 14:31 (sixteen years ago) link

I like Bristol but I'm always drunk when I'm there and never get to see much beyond the route from whatever hotel I'm in to whatever pub I'm meeting friends in.

― onimo, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link

it seemed pretty absurd. though actually a fair number of brits seem to like to tell americans how dangerous their cities actually are, like it's some sort of transatlantic contest.

― lauren, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 14:38 (sixteen years ago) link

actually i seem to have lost the ability to write clearly. gah.

― lauren, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 14:38 (sixteen years ago) link

a fair number of brits seem to like to tell americans how dangerous their cities actually are

When none of them are that dangerous really

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 14:42 (sixteen years ago) link

ive never been to a dangerous uk city

― 600, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 14:48 (sixteen years ago) link

belfast: hellhole
birmingham: apparently it has a harvey nicks?
bristol: awesomely awesome
cardiff: driven through
edinburgh: typical festival-skewed londoner perspective ie <3
glasgow: lol indie
leeds: imposing buildings
leicester: '... i'm not going there again'
liverpool: docks
manchester: studenty
newcastle: "regeneration"
nottingham: confuse with northampton
sheffield: trams

― That one guy that quit, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 14:53 (sixteen years ago) link

Belfast: Can't think of any reason I'd ever want to go there
Birmingham: Boring, even if it isn't
Bristol: Lovely
Cardiff: No idea
Edinburgh: Sure I'd love it, usual middle class student festival things
Glasgow: Used to be hugely underrated, I love it
Leeds: About 10million bars
Leicester: Eat a dick
Liverpool: Never been
Manchester: Didn't see what all the fuss was about
Newcastle: Good bridge
Nottingham: Scariest town centre ever on a Saturday night. Binge drink Kaiser Chiefs hell
Sheffield: Classic for sentimental reasons. Good view over the city from the hills above Hillsborough

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:04 (sixteen years ago) link

^^ when were you in leeds/sheffield?

― 600, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:06 (sixteen years ago) link

Belfast: Can't think of any reason I'd ever want to go there

Belfast is the next Glasgow

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link

bristol: awesomely awesome
edinburgh: typical festival-skewed londoner perspective ie <3

nrq liking things! this is wonderful to see, i think happy nrq could be a good thing...

― lex pretend, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link

first (and in some cases the only) time i went there:

birmingham: 1988 (a day trip whilst visiting grandparents in tamworth)
bristol: 1999 (en route to glastonbury)
glasgow: 2005/6 (for Hogmanay)
leeds: 2000 (went to the carling festival)
liverpool: 1997 (day trip to see art/design stuff)
manchester: 2003 (to DJ at a club)
nottingham: 1988 (a day trip whilst visiting grandparents in tamworth)

― blueski, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link

I have been to shockingly few of these cities (not counting passing through them by car or coach or train) - obviously I know Glasgow, but apart from that I personally only know Edinburgh, Leeds and Newcastle. Pitiful, really.

Cities I know like the back of my hand not included in the above list: Brighton, Dundee, Cambridge, Lincoln, Norwich, Oxford, York.

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link

Cities I know like the back of my hand

When I close my eyes I find it difficult to visualise the back of my hand but it's easy to visualise a walk around Glasgow or London :-/

― onimo, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link

I found Belfast and Glasgow to be incredibly similar.

― leigh, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link

I find Glaswegians and people from Belfast/Derry to be similar, but no surprise there

― Tom D., Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link

Sinatra: "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back!"
"No' in fuckin' Parkheed ya cunt!" BIFF POW OOF!!
**dooby dooby doo**

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link

i voted for newcastle because i remember they used to have a really good record store downtown. also, it was christmas when i visited awww.

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link

600 - I was in Leeds in... summer 2000 I think, staying with a friend then going to the festival.

Sheffield in late summer 96 and 97, staying with cool holiday friends.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link

No Inverness, no credibility :-(

― ailsa, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:26 (sixteen years ago) link

Gutted not to see Norwich. I voted for Manchester. I wish I could go to Glasgow.

― admrl, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:33 (sixteen years ago) link

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gritty and queer

― blueski, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:59 (sixteen years ago) link

sooty and sweep

― blueski, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:59 (sixteen years ago) link

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