[OJFord]

> So they say, but nobody in the City thinks these things.

No Londoner would write 'the City' to mean anything other than 'the City of London' (i.e. excluding the rest of the 'city') - which makes it unclear to me how to read your comment, especially given other familiarity/information. Are you saying 'nobody' (I'm not being pedantic on that, hence quotes) living/working in the City sees it as anything other than another borough? (But implicitly others do?)

[joncrocks]

People in `the City`/Square Mile would say that the center of London is the City of London, the historical center of London. In general Charing Cross (in my view) is more of a 'Geographical Center', as London has slowly expanded over time. It's kind of the middle of Zone 1 -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_fare_zones

I think it's down to how one interprets the question. Some might see the question as: "Where did London start/expand out from" and other "If I were to look at London now, where is the center of where you would consider London".

[OJFord]

I agree with you, it was GP's.. I think disagreement that I was trying to understand - I've edited the quote in to my comment to hopefully make that clearer.

[simonh]

I meant the square mile, yes.