"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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IMM wrote:

"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:23:25 -0000, "IMM" wrote:


"al" wrote in message
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"IMM" wrote in message
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That is what happened in Milton Keynes. They built the house gave

financial

incentives to companies and it took off like a rocket. The secret

was

that

they designed and built the place properly. It is still expanding

like

mad.


MK is a commuter town for London, that's why it's successful. It's

centre

can support the local community with low level jobs and entertainment,

but

the people that live there I imagine mostly work in the city.

It was an overspill for London, but not a commuter town. It has enough
industry of its own and companies are still locating to there. It is no
dormitory city. It is now a city. Well the signs say City Centre
everywhere.

It's a pseudo-city like Reading. The buses and road signs there try
to have you believe that it is. As far as I was aware, that requires a
royal decree and a cathedral, not a vote by a Noolabah local council
exceeding its authority.


What constitutes a city is rather silly. The smallest city in the UK is
a
village, because it has a cathedral. Some towns are larger than some
cities, etc. A city should be by size, and size alone. Once the size
drops
then it becomes a town. The Queen should have nothing to do with it.
Preston was recently made a city with a population that would have
fitted
into the old Odsel rugby stadium.

Good grief. My boiler is combi because it has a red pipe coming out if
it.

Do you know what this is all about?

IMM is a dickhead because he wears an anorak.

I wear suarve clothes and do the tango. Do you wear an Argyle pattern
jumper? Must do.

What is wrong with a city the size of a village for gawds sake?

A city is "big", not small.

A city is a counrbation WITH a cathedral
and some kind of ecclesiastical status.

Silly idea.

Why all this envy and jealousy because your 'town' is not a 'city' that
makes you want to rewrite the english language in order to feel better
and less inadequate?

My town? I don't live in a town. You are odd.


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