In Reply to: this stupid urban myth refuses to die posted by Huh on April 03, 2007 at 14:41:39:

Due to our undeniably English way of making cities i enclose wikipedia link!

"United Kingdom
Main article: City status in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, a city is a town which has been known as a city since time immemorial, or which has received city status by letters patent — which is normally granted on the basis of size, importance or royal connection (the traditional test was whether the town had a cathedral). In the United Kingdom, when people talk about cities, they generally include the suburbs in that. Some cathedral cities, such as St David's in Wales and Wells in England, are quite small, and may not be known as cities in common parlance. Preston became England's newest city in the year 2002 to mark the Queen's jubilee, as did Newport in Wales, Stirling in Scotland, and Lisburn and Newry in Northern Ireland."

HA! i'm still leaving this damn town

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