Leader of Birmingham, Councillor Albert Bore says: “we should have a design competition to create a phrase to replace ‘2nd City'”.
Let’s oblige (or hit refresh for more of our ideas):
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How about ‘Canal City’?
Like London, but friendly
Birmingham. The UK’s Big City.
Birmingham. Britain’s best kept secret. Please don’t come here, we don’t like it when it’s busy, bab.
Why does anybody think that made up phrases make a difference? And why the ball aching tired old idea of a competition? Forget fatuous phrases and lets just get on with being a self confident great place! I don’t believe Manchester or Liverpool or anywhere else relies on a phrase. Apart from Madchester I can’t remember a phrase associated with a city that makes me think better of it. It’s the place itself, stupid.
City of trees
More car parks than Venice
Not Boston. Just bostin.
I quite like “Birmingham. 2nd to none”