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275 points zeristor | 2 comments | 11 Nov 25 22:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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Note this is about the City of London, an entity much smaller and older than the modern city known as London. It's land area is about 3 km^2.

Title should probably read "the City of London" rather than "London".

I had a hard time remembering that distinction when I first read about the "City of London".

Here is the US, the "city of Chicago" is the same as "Chicago".

turbonaut ◴[12 Nov 25 05:59 UTC] No.45896816[source]▶

For further confusion, ‘London’ does not exist at all as a well defined entity and the UK has no de jure capital.

Scarblac ◴[12 Nov 25 07:07 UTC] No.45897175[source]▶

What is the exact job of the mayor of London then?

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1. defrost ◴[12 Nov 25 07:14 UTC] No.45897220[source]▶

Buying and selling cats for profit, since 1423.

For the people that don't know the City of London history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Whittington_and_His_Cat

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2. kergonath ◴[12 Nov 25 08:03 UTC] No.45897506[source]▶

That’s the Lord Mayor of London. The Mayor of London is The head of the Greater London Authority (which is not a city). No, it is not confusing.

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