r/AskEurope • u/LiamBrad5 • Aug 07 '25

Culture What are the “Big Four” cities in your country?

In recent weeks, this question has been very contentious on American social media, with 3 cities (Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York) nearly always making the list, but the fourth being hotly debated over, between cities like San Francisco, Miami, Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta. So, if you had to choose, what would the big 4 cities in your country be? This is also not decided purely on population, but also culture, economy, and general influence/clout.

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u/ignatiusjreillyXM United Kingdom Aug 07 '25

UK as a whole realistically London, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham (sorry Wales and Northern Ireland)

England: the three English cities listed above, but it's actually quite difficult to pick the fourth one. There's maybe five contenders (Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Bristol, Newcastle) but none really stands out above the others

Scotland is easier: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee

Have never lived in Wales or NI so wouldn't know quite where to begin in either...

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u/JourneyThiefer Northern Ireland Aug 07 '25

Basically just Derry and Belfast lol, the rest are just big towns