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What makes a city?

  • 25-11-2014 12:01AM
    #1
    Slunk
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    Trying to settle something here. What three things make a city? A river, cathedral and what ?


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  • #2
    Archeron
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    Rock and Roll.


  • #3
    The Backwards Man
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    A population.


  • #4
    Duckworth_Luas
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    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
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    A Lidl


  • #6
    Boscoirl
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    Not being kilkenny


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  • #7
    ArtyM
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    An enormous front door Lock - have you seen the size of those keys to the city they give to famous people?


  • #8
    Banjo String
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    A supermacs.


  • #9
    Kevin McCloud
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    Penneys


  • #10
    DeadHand
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    Snobbery.


  • #11
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    A Regional Technical College
    DeadHand wrote: »
    Snobbery.

    An Institute of Technology


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  • #12
    hfallada
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    Well in Ireland not a whole load. Most cities in Ireland have the population of a typical suburb


  • #13
    spiritcrusher
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    Two cathedrals. Seriously.


  • #14
    Mint Sauce
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    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
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    The only cities in Ireland are Dublin and Cork and Cork could pass as a town quite easily if need be.


  • #16
    nocoverart
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    Empty streets.


  • #17
    AnonoBoy
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    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
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    Mr_Muffin wrote: »
    The only cities in Ireland are Dublin and Cork.

    And Termonfeckin.


  • #19
    Ruu
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    We built this city on rock and/or roll according to Starship.


  • #20
    Slunk
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    Belfast?

    <hides>

    Cork-180,000

    Belfast-580,000

    Yup, checks out:p


  • #28
    The Backwards Man
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Wheel clampers.


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