[Wolves] New website discussion

[Kevanf1]

On 26/08/05, Andy Wootton <andy.wootton at wyrley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Peter Oliver wrote:
> 
> > I consider "Birmingham" as being short for "Birmingham and the Black
> > Country".  I don't think Wolverhampton has a big enough user base to
> > sustain its own metro at this stage;
> 
> It doesn't have to. I've joined both but without the subdivisions people
> can't be selective if they want somewhere they can crawl home from.
> 
> I've just noticed that Digbeth Sanctuary has become a Barfly. I'd say
> The Sunflower Lounge is the place to be for you young folks to be
> tomorrow night though.
> 
> > I'm not even sure that Birmingham does, and if you start subdividing
> > to that level, what happens to, say, Dudley?  Plus, we now have
> > Wolverhampton venues spread across two metros.
> 
> I thought the definition you posted said "a city with an airport".
> That's the metropolis of Wolves surely? Birmingham is currently the most
> active metro in the UK so it can afford to be trimmed down a bit. I
> think 'The Black Country' with Wolverhampton as its capital would have
> been the best solution for this area but as things stand - is Dudley
> closer to Brum or Wolves? Does anything ever happen there (apart from
> Mo's Linux exhibition in the library?)
> 
> Woo
> 

I was of the understanding that most true Black Country folk distanced
themselves from being associated with Birmingham.  In a cultural sense
that is.

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