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~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-09-2015, 01:54 AM

Birmingham:

Pros:

- Basically a smaller London, second largest UK city and far cheaper than the Big Smoke
- The location; the heart of England
- A city of innovators (see: The Lunar Society), more new businesses than anywhere outside the capital
- More universities than anywhere outside London
- Curry capital of Europe, a plethora of cheap, excellent balti houses in all corners of the city
- Food hub, more Michelin restaurants than Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds combined
- Very green city and is now a biophilic city along with Oslo and I think San Francisco
- Home of several sports inc. UK Athletics, the Football League, Tennis and Rugby
- Loads of beautiful parks including possibly the largest city park in Europe outside a capital (Sutton Park), Lickey Hills and the home of the Lord of the Rings, Moseley Bog
- Shopping hub with the Bullring plus Grand Central opening this year as well as Resorts World
- The NEC
- The Midland Metro
- The new NIA (Barclaycard Arena) is fucking sexy
- Spitfires, Minis, JCBs, Land Rovers & Jaguars
- The music is actually a true representation of the demographics of our city; Heavy Metal, Bhangra, Reggae, Ska etc
- Plenty of 'largest' festivals e.g. largest German market outside Germany, largest St. Patrick's Day parade in UK etc
- Cadbury
- Beautiful Jacobean and Victorian architecture
- Best skyline in UK alongside maybe Liverpool
- Suburbs best in UK outside of London; Four Oaks, Little Aston, Edgbaston etc
- English spoken today is derived from Birmingham & the Black Country
- A load of new developments I can't be bothered to list right now
- The accent m8

Cons:

- A city of well over a million people deserves a bus system that runs past midnight ffs
- Religious nutters along New Street and outside the TK Maxx store stopping you going about your daily business
- Not much of a strong identity especially compared to the big northern cities
- Not enough high rise buildings though this is more a UK problem than a Brum specific one
- Pessimistic/self deprecating locals
- Doesn't market itself well
- Not a great tram system but that will end this year when the Metro opens
- Furthest place in the UK from a beach? Though we have an artificial one in summer in Victoria Square
- Non Muslims are not allowed in

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Birmingham: Pros: - Basically a smaller London, second largest UK city and far cheaper than the Big Smoke - The location; the heart of England - A city of innovators (see: The Lunar Society), more new businesses than anywhere outside the capital - More universities than anywhere outside London - Curry capital of Europe, a plethora of cheap, excellent balti houses in all corners of the city - Food hub, more Michelin restaurants than Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds combined - Very green city and is now a biophilic city along with Oslo and I think San Francisco - Home of several sports inc. UK Athletics, the Football League, Tennis and Rugby - Loads of beautiful parks including possibly the largest city park in Europe outside a capital (Sutton Park), Lickey Hills and the home of the Lord of the Rings, Moseley Bog - Shopping hub with the Bullring plus Grand Central opening this year as well as Resorts World - The NEC - The Midland Metro - The new NIA (Barclaycard Arena) is fucking sexy - Spitfires, Minis, JCBs, Land Rovers & Jaguars - The music is actually a true representation of the demographics of our city; Heavy Metal, Bhangra, Reggae, Ska etc - Plenty of 'largest' festivals e.g. largest German market outside Germany, largest St. Patrick's Day parade in UK etc - Cadbury - Beautiful Jacobean and Victorian architecture - Best skyline in UK alongside maybe Liverpool - Suburbs best in UK outside of London; Four Oaks, Little Aston, Edgbaston etc - English spoken today is derived from Birmingham & the Black Country - A load of new developments I can't be bothered to list right now - The accent m8 Cons: - A city of well over a million people deserves a bus system that runs past midnight ffs - Religious nutters along New Street and outside the TK Maxx store stopping you going about your daily business - Not much of a strong identity especially compared to the big northern cities - Not enough high rise buildings though this is more a UK problem than a Brum specific one - Pessimistic/self deprecating locals - Doesn't market itself well - Not a great tram system but that will end this year when the Metro opens - Furthest place in the UK from a beach? Though we have an artificial one in summer in Victoria Square - Non Muslims are not allowed in