Quote Wire Yed="Wire Yed"Leeds is bigger than Manchester, in fact it's only behind London and Birmingham in size.
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City boundaries and the population within them aren't the only measure of 'size'. Manchester's city boundaries are notoriously small, but, that's because it is at the centre of a large conurbation of some 2.8 million souls, effectively hemmed in by the 9 other authorities that make up Greater Manchester.
The counter balance is that many of its neighbours, such as the City of Salford, itself not insignificant in terms of metropolitan area and population doesn't have a fully developed city centre, meaning that Manchester's economic power and influence can't be assessed by a simple league table based on who lives one side or the other of the Rivers Irwell, Medlock, Mersey, Aire, etc. as these physical boundaries are surely outdated?
The old adage that what Manchester does today London does tomorrow might not be as true as when it was first suggested, but, as a city Manchester remains way in front of Leeds and Birmingham...don't believe everything that Tevez came out with as he engineered a move out, there's certainly enough going on to entertain the likes of Todd Carney.
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