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What makes a city?

  • 25-11-2014 12:01am
    #1
    Slunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭


    Trying to settle something here. What three things make a city? A river, cathedral and what ?


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  • #2
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,332 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Rock and Roll.


  • #3
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    A population.


  • #4
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Slunk wrote: »
    Trying to settle something here. What three things make a city? A river, cathedral and what ?
    A Regional Technical College


  • #5
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    A Lidl


  • #6
    Boscoirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭Boscoirl


    Not being kilkenny


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  • #7
    ArtyM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭ArtyM


    An enormous front door Lock - have you seen the size of those keys to the city they give to famous people?


  • #8
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    A supermacs.


  • #9
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    Penneys


  • #10
    DeadHand
    Registered Users Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭DeadHand


    Snobbery.


  • #11
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    A Regional Technical College
    DeadHand wrote: »
    Snobbery.

    An Institute of Technology


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  • #12
    hfallada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭hfallada


    Well in Ireland not a whole load. Most cities in Ireland have the population of a typical suburb


  • #13
    spiritcrusher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭spiritcrusher


    Two cathedrals. Seriously.


  • #14
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Slunk wrote: »
    Trying to settle something here. What three things make a city? A river, cathedral and what ?


    A proper city.

    A population, a proper transport infrastructure, and a commerce hub. None of which any of our Islands cities are excelling in.


  • #15
    Mr_Muffin
    Registered Users Posts: 917 ✭✭✭Mr_Muffin


    The only cities in Ireland are Dublin and Cork and Cork could pass as a town quite easily if need be.


  • #16
    nocoverart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭nocoverart


    Empty streets.


  • #17
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    To be a city you need a classic Northside/Southside Westside/Eastside divide which is ripe for parody in a delicious ski school comedy where a ragtag bunch of misfits from the wrong side of the tracks come up against a bunch of snobs poshos who all dress in black and have blond hair.


  • #18
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Mr_Muffin wrote: »
    The only cities in Ireland are Dublin and Cork.

    And Termonfeckin.


  • #19
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    We built this city on rock and/or roll according to Starship.


  • #20
    Slunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Slunk


    Mr_Muffin wrote: »
    The only cities in Ireland are Dublin and Cork and Cork could pass as a town quite easily if need be.

    According to wiki Ireland has five cities. Dublin cork Waterford galway and somewhere else


  • #21
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Slunk wrote: »
    According to wiki Ireland has five cities. Dublin cork Waterford galway and somewhere else

    Quality memory there boss!


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  • #22
    ollaetta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,659 ✭✭✭ollaetta


    Slunk wrote: »
    According to wiki Ireland has five cities. Dublin cork Waterford galway and somewhere else

    Limerick, I suppose. Kilkenny also claims city status based on some royal charter back in the Middle Ages or something like that. Yawn!


  • #23
    John Doe1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    It depends on the country, every settlement above 5,000 is deemed a city in Norway. Some states in America have cities of 1,000.

    In Ireland, all cities had a charter from the King/Queen.

    Dublin and Belfast are the major settlements on the island but that doesnt lessen the fact that Kilkenny and Newry deserve their city status as there are much smaller settlements in europe called cities.


  • #24
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Mr_Muffin wrote: »
    The only cities in Ireland are Dublin and Cork and Cork could pass as a town quite easily if need be.


    Belfast?

    <hides>


  • #25
    John Doe1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Slunk wrote: »
    According to wiki Ireland has five cities. Dublin cork Waterford galway and somewhere else

    Limerick, and northern Ireland has a further 5.


  • #26
    Rabbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 637 ✭✭✭Rabbo


    Mr_Muffin wrote: »
    The only cities in Ireland are Dublin and Cork and Cork could pass as a town quite easily if need be.

    Cork has 2 cathedrals, university, international airport, institute of technology, numerous other third level institutions, 5 or 6 hospitals, the only level 1 trauma centre in the country, a significant port, a population of 190,000 (another 3-400,000 in the rest of the county) and has a larger population than alot of UK cities such as Bath, Oxford and Exeter.

    But, no, it's clearly a town.


  • #27
    John Doe1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    Belfast?

    <hides>

    Cork-180,000

    Belfast-580,000

    Yup, checks out:p


  • #28
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Ruu wrote: »
    We built this city on rock and/or roll according to Starship.
    Don't get me started on Grace Slick lyrics! :D


  • #29
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    hfallada wrote: »
    Well in Ireland not a whole load. Most cities in Ireland have the population of a typical suburb

    To be fair, Reykjavik has the population of one of Dublin's suburbs.


  • #30
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Ruu wrote: »
    We built this city on rock and/or roll according to Starship.

    A city built on rock and roll would be structurally unsound.

    *pushes glasses up nose*


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  • #31
    The Th!ng
    Registered Users Posts: 464 ✭✭The Th!ng


    Wheel clampers.


  • #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    A professional sports team helps.

    And an international airport.


  • #33
    Karpackie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21 ✭Karpackie


    A Chinese restaurant that serves authentic food from a region of China where the chefs grew up in. And that includes adding loads of MSG. About 3 of them in the whole of Dublin. None of them that cheap.


  • #34
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    A song: The Cold Windy City Of Chicago.


  • #35
    WINGDIPEST
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭WINGDIPEST


    Slunk wrote: »
    Trying to settle something here. What three things make a city? A river, cathedral and what ?
    flocks of sheep
    lots of sheep

    tv/chemtrails/tap water

    I'm not afraid to shout "cherries" out loud in a crowd for no reason.
    I'm a transatlantic flight on drugs by night
    I'm steven seagal's left eyebrow when his eating toffee but I'm also his right one but only when his drinking coffee !


  • #36
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Sligo is a city is it not? It's big and has signs saying city centre


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  • #37
    Dum_Dum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 587 ✭✭✭Dum_Dum


    People > 500,000


  • #38
    Henlars67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭Henlars67


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Sligo is a city is it not? It's big and has signs saying city centre

    There's a few local idiots who think they're important who have bestowed city status on Sligo. As far as I'm aware there's nothing official in it.

    90% of people here are quite happy with Sligo being a town.


  • #39
    zcorpian88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭zcorpian88


    Jobs of all descriptions, not just retail and pubs.

    Like factories and multi national companies.

    Having a college/university not just these local ****holes handing out Level 5 at the highest.


  • #40
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    A significant population of culchies that wax nostalgically about 'back home' but won;t go and live there.


  • #41
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Sligo is a city is it not? It's big and has signs saying city centre

    They're pointing to Galway. Newry being a city is a good one. Tallaght is more of one.


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  • #42
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Tallaght is more of one.

    Nearly up with Galway now, population wise..


  • #43
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    A city built on rock and roll would be structurally unsound.

    *pushes glasses up nose*
    ...would be structurally ONsound

    *Zips up anorak

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #44
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    A University.

    Maynooth is a metropolis.

    Waterford is...........






    Waterford ? :confused:


  • #45
    The_Captain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭The_Captain


    Having a university would be a good shout. Maynooth isn't a real university though, it's just a place to put idiots for three years to stop them hurting other people


  • #46
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    There are no proper cities in Ireland, only large towns full of townies and loathing for anyone else.


  • #47
    iDave
    Registered Users Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭iDave


    biko wrote: »
    There are no proper cities in Ireland.

    Brought to you by the Mod for the Galway CITY forum. :P


  • #48
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    Cork-180,000

    Belfast-580,000

    Yup, checks out:p

    To be fair, it isn't just about population. Which is lucky for these lads:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Davids


  • #49
    Iwasfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,250 ✭✭✭✭Iwasfrozen


    Slunk wrote: »
    Trying to settle something here. What three things make a city? A river, cathedral and what ?
    A city charter is the only thing it needs ASAIK.


  • #50
    Magico Gonzalez
    Registered Users Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭Magico Gonzalez


    The worst nonsense is Lisburn city, once a borough of Belfast, now a city.


  • #51
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    Try 280k for Belfast city


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