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Four strange places to see London's Roman Wall

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275 points zeristor | 2 comments | 11 Nov 25 22:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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trenchpilgrim ◴[12 Nov 25 00:07 UTC] No.45894655[source]▶
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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London

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

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EFreethought ◴[12 Nov 25 02:42 UTC] No.45895843[source]▶
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".

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wat10000 ◴[12 Nov 25 03:43 UTC] No.45896175[source]▶
New York is an obvious example of two entities of the same name, with the “City of” version being a small part of the larger version. It’s just on a much bigger scale.
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onionisafruit ◴[12 Nov 25 04:54 UTC] No.45896487[source]▶
New Orleans is a city, but City of New Orleans is a train
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wat10000 ◴[12 Nov 25 05:16 UTC] No.45896610[source]▶
And the other terminus is Chicago, thus bringing us full circle. Line. Loop. Whatever.
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1. IAmBroom ◴[12 Nov 25 15:39 UTC] No.45901485{3}[source]▶
The (US) Port of Toledo wants to join the discussion.

Even though a large part of its inhabitants don't realize it has a port.

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2. wat10000 ◴[12 Nov 25 17:19 UTC] No.45902808[source]▶
You'll have to be more specific, there are at least two, a couple thousand miles apart.

I like Fairfax, VA. It is surrounded by, but not part of, Fairfax County, VA. Despite this, it still serves as the county seat.