[scottishfiction]

I’d be interested to know what city you’re talking about. Are you limiting ‘something of value’ to manufacturing? A great deal of the UK economy is service based. I’d be amazed if only 5% of the city’s population were producing goods or services used by those outside the city.

[Apfel]

I think the only city around that population in the UK is Birmingham. It is notoriously a pretty rubbish place.

[scottishfiction]

Ha! I’m sure many a proud Brummie would disagree. Glasgow also has roughly 1m.

[Apfel]

I live in Glasgow - isn't it closer to 600k?

[scottishfiction]

The area belonging to Glasgow city council is 600k, the Glasgow urban area, also known as Greater Glasgow[0], which I live in, is 1.2m.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Glasgow