Is a town still classed as a town if there are no shops and pubs?

chaparral · 3 Mar 2019 at 10:25

With many of my local town pubs & shops closing down over the last few months it has got me thinking is a Town still going be classed as a Town if there comes a time when there hardly any shops & pubs left in it ?

Pottsey · 3 Mar 2019 at 10:35

There doesn't seem to be any clear definition between village, town city. At what point is a town a city?

Dis86 · 3 Mar 2019 at 10:36

Pottsey said:
There doesn't seem to be any clear definition between village, town city. At what point is a town a city?

Traditionally when it had a cathedral.

K.C. Leblanc · 3 Mar 2019 at 10:42

Dis86 said:
Traditionally when it had a cathedral.

Reading isn't a city because Queen Victoria didn't like it. Cardiff was allowed to be a city despite its Cathedral being in the next town.

Pottsey · 3 Mar 2019 at 10:42

Dis86 said:
Traditionally when it had a cathedral.

Nottingham is a pretty famous England city without a cathedral and there are others. Some of our larger towns are bigger then our smaller city's.

PlacidCasual · 3 Mar 2019 at 10:55

Doesn't Nottingham have a Catholic Cathedral?

Dis86 · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:06

Pottsey said:
Nottingham is a pretty famous England city without a cathedral and there are others. Some of our larger towns are bigger then our smaller city's.

erm...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Cathedral

oops?

And if you re-read what I wrote I said "traditionally".

UberTiger · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:06

PlacidCasual said:
Doesn't Nottingham have a Catholic Cathedral?

Yep, just off Derby Road.

I jut found out they have the most amazing 90's home page - yet they also have a Live Stream, looks like mass is going to get started soon

Pottsey · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:06

PlacidCasual said:
Doesn't Nottingham have a Catholic Cathedral?

Yes sorry not the best example I forgot about that one. But not all city's have Cathedral's and some city's are smaller then towns so it gets rather confusing.

200sols · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:10

Some cities are smaller than some villages

UberTiger · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:11

UberTiger said:
they also have a Live Stream, looks like mass is going to get started soon

Sorry for being a bit off topic, but I just had a thought, imagine if Church's started live streaming on Twitch. The pastor could be giving the sermon and reading out live donations.

"Thank you for your £10 donation BillyBigBallsBlazeIt420, peace be with you brother"

Roland Butter · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:17

I can't envisage a time where any sizeable town or village will have no retail outlets.

The medja love a we're all gonna die doom and gloom story.

The high street's demise is a tad exaggerated

StriderX · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:28

To be fair, it doesn’t really matter what the definition is, the only thing that matters is London. Right guys?

Ergates · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:28

Dis86 said:
Traditionally when it had a cathedral.

A cathedral or a royal mandate.

Ergates · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:36

Roland Butter said:
I can't envisage a time where any sizeable town or village will have no retail outlets.

The medja love a we're all gonna die doom and gloom story.

The high street's demise is a tad exaggerated

It's not a demise, it's an adjustment to current usage patterns. Time was when every town would have a blacksmiths and a candle makers, don't see many of those about any more.

chaparral · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:47

StriderX said:
To be fair, it doesn’t really matter what the definition is, the only thing that matters is London. Right guys?

The media seems to be making London sound like a crap hole these days...

I have not been to London for 38 years so I have no idea what it really like.. :confused:

Dis86 · 3 Mar 2019 at 11:56

chaparral said:
The media seems to be making London sound like a crap hole these days...

I have not been to London for 38 years so I have no idea what it really like..

It's...an expensive crap hole. You can tell there's money everywhere. But the level of scum is just overwhelming.

Pottsey · 3 Mar 2019 at 12:06

chaparral said:
The media seems to be making London sound like a crap hole these days...

I have not been to London for 38 years so I have no idea what it really like..

Tons of shops but all of them overpriced compared to local shops or online. I don't really see what the attraction of London is. Its just a loud, busy, messy place. The worse thing we ever did was accidently go down on Black Friday. Absolutely packed.

Feek · 3 Mar 2019 at 12:24

I like London. Just spent another week staying by Tower Bridge and had a great time.

200sols · 3 Mar 2019 at 12:32

chaparral said:
The media seems to be making London sound like a crap hole these days...

I have not been to London for 38 years so I have no idea what it really like..

It’s great if you have money, if not it’s a ********.