New City in Scotland

[Hawk89]

We never handed back Doncaster did we?

[welshbairn]

13 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

67,000 is the population I believe.  I don' think there's 12 more places with more people in than that.  I may be wrong.

Edit - Fair point on the *** part.

Re the *** part, it was glorious when the Portland Club turned into the Inverness Mosque & Islamic Community & Education Centre. 

[AsimButtHitsASix]

5 minutes ago, Hawk89 said:

We never handed back Doncaster did we?

Probably tried and England said "nah. Yer fine. Keep it"

[101]

12 hours ago, welshbairn said:

No.

Landshut is an excellent place name

2 hours ago, scottsdad said:

These magnificent beasts mean it can only be Falkirk

They are situated in the proud town of Grangemouth

[yoda]

Perth and Stirling are, objectively, the worst two cities in Scotland.

[eez-eh]

48 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

The 67,000 is including Smithton, Culloden and Balloch which to anyone with a working brain, are now part of Inverness, having been separate to it when they were originally built about 60 years ago.

If you’re going by the “urban area” definition then it bumps everyone else up as well. Ayr, Greenock, Falkirk and Dunfermline off the top of my head are all part of much bigger sprawls.

[GNU_Linux]

If I become First Minister of an independent Scotland I'll dangle "Scottish City" status in front of the "English town" of Berwick upon Tweed and see if they bite.

Plan B is a Coldstream Guard offensive. Glengarried up ofc.

[AUcal]

Simply has to be the enormous, sprawling metropolis of Ayr/Prestwick. Rename it Burnsland.

In reality I don't understand why this is a thing. Seems odd to name a new cities for nothing. Pretty pointless.

 

[topcat(The most tip top)]

53 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

The 67,000 is including Smithton, Culloden and Balloch which to anyone with a working brain, are now part of Inverness, having been separate to it when they were originally built about 60 years ago.

By a weird coincidence Inverness at number 13 on that list as well because that logic means that for example Dunfermline includes Rosyth,  Inverkeithing etc. 
Paisley disappears into the total for Greater Glasgow but Motherwell goes from 24th to 5th if you include (Bellshill, Carfin, Holytown, New Stevenston, Newarthill, Newmains, Viewpark & Wishaw)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_and_cities_in_Scotland_by_population

[TheScarf]

12 minutes ago, eez-eh said:

If you’re going by the “urban area” definition then it bumps everyone else up as well. Ayr, Greenock, Falkirk and Dunfermline off the top of my head are all part of much bigger sprawls.

 

4 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:

By a weird coincidence Inverness at number 13 on that list as well because that logic means that for example Dunfermline includes Rosyth,  Inverkeithing etc. 
Paisley disappears into the total for Greater Glasgow but Motherwell goes from 24th to 5th if you include (Bellshill, Carfin, Holytown, New Stevenston, Newarthill, Newmains, Viewpark & Wishaw)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_and_cities_in_Scotland_by_population

Well no, those places listed are separate towns.  Culloden, Smithon and Balloch are housing estates that are clearly part of Inverness.

[greendot]

Twatt City

 

 

Dull City

 

Pronounced 'Eh' apparently Eh City (is that not Dundee?)

 

 

[Jacksgranda]

2 hours ago, tarapoa said:

Whenever somewhere from the rural parts of the north-east (i.e most of it) is mentioned, there is mass confusion in the rest of the country.

It's about time the profile was raised.

Therefore go for either Rhynie, Clatt, Oyne, Foggieloan or Auchterless.

 

 

That'll confuse them.

[Jacksgranda]

1 hour ago, TheScarf said:

The 67,000 is including Smithton, Culloden and Balloch which to anyone with a working brain, are now part of Inverness, having been separate to it when they were originally built about 60 years ago.

A bit like Paisley and Glasgow, then

[topcat(The most tip top)]

Just now, TheScarf said:

Well no, those places listed are separate towns.  Culloden, Smithon and Balloch are housing estates that are clearly part of Inverness.

You could argue your way up and down the list a few places by contesting the inclusion/exclusion of each and every suburban village but I'll leave that pissing contest for people from Greenock or Dunfermline to take up. 

The more basic point is that there are so few of you that you could still all fit inside Murrayfield even if you bring the outlying suburbs along.

Inverness feels like a metropolis compared to every one horse town for 100 miles in all directions because it's got a 2nd horse 

[Richey Edwards]

1 hour ago, Hawk89 said:

We never handed back Doncaster did we?

I was born there.

I regularly wheel the fact that it was never handed back whenever someone says the inevitable "so, you're English?".

[tamthebam]

14 minutes ago, greendot said:

Twatt City, twinned with Livingston

 

I suppose if Paisley gets city status we could always call it Smeggy City 1 and hope Judge Dredd turns up

[WhiteRoseKillie]

Imagine the civic pride of a place which gains "City Status" simply because one old woman who has had lifelong access to healthcare the rest of us could only dream of refuses to fucking die. Even being host to an economy-size SkyFairy House is a less embarrassing reason.

[Brummie Clyde]

Ecclefechan.

The name's always amused me, reminds me of Slartibartfarst.

[DeeTillEhDeh]

I suppose if Paisley gets city status we could always call it Smeggy City 1 and hope Judge Dredd turns up

Or nuke it?

[MONKMAN]

Slightly off topic, but Scotland's 4 proper cities are ranked;

Glasgow > Dundee >>> Edinburgh >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Aberdeen.

This isn't a point of discussion, it's fact.