no city in England comes close to London in terms of the number of offerings. This is true, then again, London is home to more than 1/6th of England's population, and it has been a political, financial/economic and cultural capital for longer than just about any other city in the Anglo & European spheres. In that sense, it has had a head start which other cities in Britain have not been able to compete with. Cities like Manchester and Birmingham grew only during and after the Industrial Revolution but they've still managed to create a cultural niche for themselves. (As opposed to the growth of some of those other cities you listed which grew the other way around). I think it's their (Manchester & B'ham) fault if they can't market themselves better, but from my own experiences, I absolutely loved both places. Manchester has an awesome music scene and the cultural offerings in B'ham are really worth it.
If you look at it in terms of absolute number of offerings, from a wide variety of sources, then I don't think you can deny that London has sucked the life out of other cities. But at the time same time, I don't think it mean there is not much life in those other cities.
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Date: 2007-07-20 08:38 pm (UTC)This is true, then again, London is home to more than 1/6th of England's population, and it has been a political, financial/economic and cultural capital for longer than just about any other city in the Anglo & European spheres. In that sense, it has had a head start which other cities in Britain have not been able to compete with. Cities like Manchester and Birmingham grew only during and after the Industrial Revolution but they've still managed to create a cultural niche for themselves. (As opposed to the growth of some of those other cities you listed which grew the other way around). I think it's their (Manchester & B'ham) fault if they can't market themselves better, but from my own experiences, I absolutely loved both places. Manchester has an awesome music scene and the cultural offerings in B'ham are really worth it.
If you look at it in terms of absolute number of offerings, from a wide variety of sources, then I don't think you can deny that London has sucked the life out of other cities. But at the time same time, I don't think it mean there is not much life in those other cities.