Bristol?
Quickly checking to see if that IS South.
The city of Brighton and Hove, as does the new Council of Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch have a bigger population than Plymouth.
But B, P and C doesn’t have city status yet.
Oh dear .. the Pasoti pedants are at it again....
Yes obs Bristol but it is the London Bristol line ... I was saving on the number of words but next time I will write London Bristol in full ...
I am not talking about councils, I am talking about cities ... Where I live the city is called Chelmsford with 100K (Don't check .. I guessed) whilst the council area is also called Chelmsford City with a population of 160K ... not the same thing.
It appears that Brighton is slightly bigger and so I guess we have lost our crown as the largest city (or bleddy town ... for the pedantics) on the south coast... Probably because no one can get to Plymouth as we don't have a motorway, decent rail line or an airport.
Anyway Pasoti pedants ... the point is that for a city the size of Plymouth, we are generally cut off from the rest of the UK and maintaining communications and transport links or creating communication and transport links is essential for future viability ...
Good grief ...
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