IOTL London has become by far and away the biggest city of mainland Britain. In various discussions we've had on this board over the years, the general conclusion is that this is pretty much inevitable without a very early POD.
But what about second tier cities? There are various measurements of city size, metropolitan area, urban area etc, but I think people broadly agree these are the reasonably big cities after London:
- Manchester
- Birmingham
- Glasgow
- Liverpool
- Sheffield
- Leeds
- Newcastle
The big growth of all of these was over the industrial revolution: generally a place started some part of the industrial process and benefitted from the snowball effect. So what other cities could have got there, and how could they have done it?
Suggestions:
- Southampton
- York
- Hull
- Bristol
- Swansea
- Cardiff
- Exeter
- Norwich
But what about second tier cities? There are various measurements of city size, metropolitan area, urban area etc, but I think people broadly agree these are the reasonably big cities after London:
- Manchester
- Birmingham
- Glasgow
- Liverpool
- Sheffield
- Leeds
- Newcastle
The big growth of all of these was over the industrial revolution: generally a place started some part of the industrial process and benefitted from the snowball effect. So what other cities could have got there, and how could they have done it?
Suggestions:
- Southampton
- York
- Hull
- Bristol
- Swansea
- Cardiff
- Exeter
- Norwich