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If anyone non-UK types are interested in this weird entity — technically dates back to Roman days, and predates the United Kingdom by hundreds of years — this p

If anyone non-UK types are interested in this weird entity — technically dates back to Roman days, and predates the United Kingdom by hundreds of years — this podcast episode is quite funny and informative. Just an example of what a weird anomalous zone it is: the King (or Queen) of England is not legally allowed to enter without explicit permission from the mayor — not the mayor of London, the Lord Mayor of this square mile. It's like if Wall Street could tell the President of the US to take a hike. https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/unlocked-britainology-19-the-city-of-london-feat-riley-quinn/ https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/unlocked-britainolo...

chriswarbo 4y ago
> It's like if Wall Street could tell the President of the US to take a hike An alternative take: If it turns out, by some legislative fluke, that a particular square mile of the US is not bound by all of its laws, it won't be long until Wall St companies start moving their headquarters!
- pclmulqdq 4y ago
  This is kind of what happens in Las Vegas, but to a lesser extent than the City of London. Most of what we think of as "Las Vegas" is actually the unincorporated territory known as "Paradise."
  - yieldcrv 4y ago
    I started digging and noticed there are lots of little fiefdoms in plain sight in the US. Its... amusing. Either a little unincorporated hamlet to escape taxes, or a little incorporated hamlet to collect taxes from some warehouses.
  - rootusrootus 4y ago
    That's pretty common, though? It's the whole reason the census has the concept of metro statistical areas. Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, all have this same effect to varying degrees. But none of them have a rule saying the POTUS cannot visit with the Mayor approving, so there's that. And "City of London" is tiny compared to the rest of the London metro.
    - pclmulqdq 4y ago
      In the western US, this is common. On the east coast, it's unheard of.
- KptMarchewa 4y ago
  Aka Delaware.
- 0xcde4c3db 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Death_(Yellowstone) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Death_(Yellowstone)
danjoredd 4y ago
CGP Grey also had a great video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc He also had a video on the mayor of The City of London https://youtu.be/z1ROpIKZe-c https://youtu.be/z1ROpIKZe-c

chriswarbo 4y ago

> It's like if Wall Street could tell the President of the US to take a hike An alternative take: If it turns out, by some legislative fluke, that a particular square mile of the US is not bound by all of its laws, it won't be long until Wall St companies start moving their headquarters!

pclmulqdq 4y ago
This is kind of what happens in Las Vegas, but to a lesser extent than the City of London. Most of what we think of as "Las Vegas" is actually the unincorporated territory known as "Paradise."
- yieldcrv 4y ago
  I started digging and noticed there are lots of little fiefdoms in plain sight in the US. Its... amusing. Either a little unincorporated hamlet to escape taxes, or a little incorporated hamlet to collect taxes from some warehouses.
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  That's pretty common, though? It's the whole reason the census has the concept of metro statistical areas. Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, all have this same effect to varying degrees. But none of them have a rule saying the POTUS cannot visit with the Mayor approving, so there's that. And "City of London" is tiny compared to the rest of the London metro.
  - pclmulqdq 4y ago
    In the western US, this is common. On the east coast, it's unheard of.
KptMarchewa 4y ago
Aka Delaware.
0xcde4c3db 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Death_(Yellowstone) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Death_(Yellowstone)

danjoredd 4y ago

CGP Grey also had a great video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc He also had a video on the mayor of The City of London https://youtu.be/z1ROpIKZe-c https://youtu.be/z1ROpIKZe-c