02-26-2024, 06:58 PM
On the other hand, Monaco (pop 31,597), seems to do pretty well. Ditto the Vatican (pop 764). ;-)
Lillehammer(pop 28,000) managed to land the Olympics in 1994. The Official "City of London" in the UK only has 8,600. The City of Oxford only has 162,000 which swells to 244,000 if you count the Metro Oxford area. In Canada, Saskatoon, the largest City in Saskatchewan has 266,000.
Drawing larger municipal boundaries just means that the regular citizens are that much further away from various types of representation (eg political representation, or a 'suburbs vs downtown' or 'my neighbourhood vs. your neighbourhood' mentality)
Lillehammer(pop 28,000) managed to land the Olympics in 1994. The Official "City of London" in the UK only has 8,600. The City of Oxford only has 162,000 which swells to 244,000 if you count the Metro Oxford area. In Canada, Saskatoon, the largest City in Saskatchewan has 266,000.
Drawing larger municipal boundaries just means that the regular citizens are that much further away from various types of representation (eg political representation, or a 'suburbs vs downtown' or 'my neighbourhood vs. your neighbourhood' mentality)