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Topic	its weird that the US have so many cities with "city" in its name
ai123 08/22/25 4:18:39 AM #13:	In the UK, 'city' is an official designation. It used to be that a place had to have a cathedral to be a city, but now they just need a Royal Charter. I reckon the various founders of US cities used the word because they wanted the settlement to be recognised as big and important from the start. --- 'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'. Let in the refugees, deport the racists. <cite>ai123 posted [p:986171564] in its weird ... [t:81030642]...</cite> <quote>In the UK, 'city' is an official designation. It used to be that a place had to have a cathedral to be a city, but now they just need a Royal Charter.I reckon the various founders of US cities used the word because they wanted the settlement to be recognised as big and important from the start. --- 'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'.Let in the refugees, deport the racists.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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