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who/what is the "The City"?
by ForFreedom 8y ago
who/what is the "The City"?
- n4r9 8y agoIt variously means London, The City of London (which is a district inside London with an unusual political status), or the host of financial and trading services industries which in the UK are largely based in the City of London.
- zazen 8y agoIt doesn't mean greater London. It means the second and third things on your list.
- snthd 8y agohttp://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/the-secret-city-of-london.html http://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/the-secret-city-of-london.html
- Lazare 8y ago"The City" is to London as "Wall Street" is to New York. It's a term for one specific geographical part of the city which historically was a centre of the financial industry, and is now used to refer to the financial industry in general.