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		Apfel on Jan 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? I think the only city around that population in the UK is Birmingham. It is notoriously a pretty rubbish place.

scottishfiction on Jan 3, 2020 [–]

Ha! I’m sure many a proud Brummie would disagree. Glasgow also has roughly 1m.

Apfel on Jan 4, 2020 | [–]

I live in Glasgow - isn't it closer to 600k?

scottishfiction on Jan 4, 2020 | | [–]

The area belonging to Glasgow city council is 600k, the Glasgow urban area, also known as Greater Glasgow[0], which I live in, is 1.2m.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Glasgow

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