Interesting article on the size of cities in the GB. Brighton considered large!

[The Spanish]

Brighton needs to undertake a hostile takeover of Newhaven or Shoreham.

it would get well seen off by Newhaven.

 

[Two Professors]

What's Croydon classed as?

Bomb-site

 

[Buzzer]

The UK is unusual apparently in terms of relative size of its largest city compared to the second largest. Most other countries, the second largest city is usually 40% as big as the largest.

Apologies for quoting myself. It's known as the George Zipf Rank-Size Rule.

There's more about this here:

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog597i_02/node/688

 

[Baker lite]

What's Croydon classed as?

A festering cock sore.

 

[looney]

It's not a port mainly because it's not on a coastal join of river and sea. That's not a waste - that's a geographical feature. Only Dover and Folkestone buck that status, and that's because of their proximity to France. Excavating a new port entrance in the city when there's one seven miles to the west (where the port actually finishes within the city boundaries), and another nine miles the the east is the thing that would be considered a waste.

I would like to see details on how much excavation would be needed rather than just develop the marina, and as you said Dover and Folkestone have bucked the trend and Folkstone to Boulogne i believe is further than Newhaven(From memory).

Put simply, we have had a major recession and austerity over the past decade, and the nature of commerce within the city has meant it has survived far better than other cities have. This isn't a city purely driven by tourism; it plays hosts to other strands of industry and commerce as well.

Those other strands being Virgin as the biggest employer? If you look at wages of those who work in Brighton compare to those who live in Brighton but work outside it the problem is quite clear that Brighton needs an extra string to its bow.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Interesting....

Here you go:

Megacity: London
Second cities: Birmingham, Manchester
Major cities: Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield
Large cities: Belfast, Bristol, Nottingham, Southampton/Portsmouth, Leicester, etc.
The latter category is incomplete: other cities, like Cardiff, Edinburgh, Middlesbrough, even Brighton or Bournemouth, probably have a claim to be in there, too. Britain only has one city whose population even gets close to 10m, but a couple of handfuls of them are bobbing around the 500,000 mark.

But the point, in the end, is clear. No way in hell is Sheffield Britain's third city.

Middlesbrough isn't a city, and Bournemouth failed in its bid for city status in 2102.

 

[The Spanish]

Interesting....

Here you go:

Megacity: London
Second cities: Birmingham, Manchester
Major cities: Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield
Large cities: Belfast, Bristol, Nottingham, Southampton/Portsmouth, Leicester, etc.
The latter category is incomplete: other cities, like Cardiff, Edinburgh, Middlesbrough, even Brighton or Bournemouth, probably have a claim to be in there, too. Britain only has one city whose population even gets close to 10m, but a couple of handfuls of them are bobbing around the 500,000 mark.

But the point, in the end, is clear. No way in hell is Sheffield Britain's third city.

cant believe Edinburgh is lumped in with Brighton, Bournemouth and wait for it Middlesborough

 

[Questions]

Imagine how big Brighton could get if it didn't have all that annoying sea on one side. Would be truly massive

Don't knock The English Channel......... it stops the French encroaching.

 

[Questions]

Middlesbrough isn't a city, and Bournemouth failed in its bid for city status in 2102.

Ah that time machine you built worked then.

 

[worthingseagull123]

I think effectively Newhaven to Worthing are essentially one place. Certainly if you drove along the seafront without knowing the area would you think you had entered and left 8 separate places? Newhaven, Peacehaven, Saltdean,Brighton, Hove, Portslade, Shoreham, Lancing and Worthing? (I've left Fishersgate and Southwick out)

It is not at all though. I live in Worthing and see Brighton as a different town and in a different county

 

[Nixonator]

cant believe Edinburgh is lumped in with Brighton, Bournemouth and wait for it Middlesborough

Been to all four and know where i'd rather be.

 

[Albion my Albion]

What's Croydon classed as?

Subliminal.