text: how do you define a city? we're not sure if it's a place that has a cathedral, or a university or some other criterion? in the uk a city has to either have a cathedral or it's granted city status by royal charter. london has 2 cities - the city of london (st paul's cathedral, and only about 1 sq mile in size) and the city of westminster (westminster abbey). i seem to recall there was a lot of debating in the 1980's about which town should be "upgraded" to city status. in the us it is incorporated and can be any size - i lived in a "city" of only 3,500 in florida!