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I'm from Solna, a district north of Stockholm's city centre but I still consider it to be Stockholm. It is it's own municipality, but I feel like it should be Stockholm, city boundaries need to change However it is a part of Stockholm's urban area.
Yes and Danderyd. The city limits are just too small. The least they could do is add Solna. It's getting much more modern now and a lot of construction is going on.
Ottawa-Gatineau is a very bilingual area but that doesn't mean that everything operates in both languages in all areas of the region. Or that everyone is bilingual. Most of Gatineau is very predominantly French and most of Ottawa is very predominantly English (85% French and 85% English respectively - being very general here).
About one third of people in Gatineau speak only French and about two thirds of the people in Ottawa speak only English.
In the part of Gatineau I live in I don't have to speak English to go to the grocery store, chat with the neighbours, or anything else really unless I bump into some random passerby who does not speak French and I want to make conversation (who is likely to be from Ottawa or somewhere beyond that).
As for my English lapsing... we'll I'd say in all honesty that it's faring quite well so far. Whaddayathink?
I actually tend to speak English at work at least a bit pretty much every day. And write in it too.
No no, your English is fine lol...C'est Magnifique...
I don't agree because they all feel pretty suburban and not city-like Stockholm at all. Solna and Kista also felt like suburbans even with their constructions and some buildings.
I don't agree because they all feel pretty suburban and not city-like Stockholm at all. Solna and Kista also felt like suburbans even with their constructions and some buildings.
But what about cities such as London... the city boundaries are ridiculous. Boroughs like Hillingdon, Bromley, Sutton, Ealing, Croydon, Brent etc. don't feel like London either.
Solna does feel like a suburb, but I always feel like I live in Stockholm, regardless whether it is one or not. Solna feels more modern too compared to central Stockholm.
And just to let you know, don't mix up Kista and think of it as if it is a suburb. It's actually a part of the Stockholm city boundaries It sort of curves around Solna and Sundbyberg
I think London is one of the few cities that has accurate boundaries. London suburbs have their own sense of identity but Croydon and Sutton are definitely part of London - just look at a map. I mean, the clue is in the name - 'London Borough of Sutton'. Brent is definitely London without a shadow of a doubt - no way can people in Brent claim they don't live in London.
I think it would be a bad move to incorporate surrounding municipalities into Stockholm Municipality. Once municipalities get too large, they eventually become inefficient at providing services. London's system is good because it has one mayor for the entire city, but it has 32 Borough councils that provide bin services and education instead of some giant quagmire like London City Council or Greater London county council. Maybe Stockholm should just get an elected mayor for the Stockholm urban area like London.
I think London is one of the few cities that has accurate boundaries. London suburbs have their own sense of identity but Croydon and Sutton are definitely part of London - just look at a map. I mean, the clue is in the name - 'London Borough of Sutton'. Brent is definitely London without a shadow of a doubt - no way can people in Brent claim they don't live in London.
I think it would be a bad move to incorporate surrounding municipalities into Stockholm Municipality. Once municipalities get too large, they eventually become inefficient at providing services. London's system is good because it has one mayor for the entire city, but it has 32 Borough councils that provide bin services and education instead of some giant quagmire like London City Council or Greater London county council.
All of them start with London Borough, but some of them don't feel like London at all I've left London now and I'm back in Sweden but when I stayed near Heathrow, in the borough of Hillingdon, locals did say they were going to 'London' in the weekend. This is the London I'm talking about
All of them start with London Borough, but some of them don't feel like London at all I've left London now and I'm back in Sweden but when I stayed near Heathrow, in the borough of Hillingdon, locals did say they were going to 'London' in the weekend. This is the London I'm talking about
New Yorkers do that as well, they use "the city" for going the central areas (lower 2/3rds of Manhattan).
But what about cities such as London... the city boundaries are ridiculous. Boroughs like Hillingdon, Bromley, Sutton, Ealing, Croydon, Brent etc. don't feel like London either.
Solna does feel like a suburb, but I always feel like I live in Stockholm, regardless whether it is one or not. Solna feels more modern too compared to central Stockholm.
And just to let you know, don't mix up Kista and think of it as if it is a suburb. It's actually a part of the Stockholm city boundaries It sort of curves around Solna and Sundbyberg
Never been to London yet so unsure. But Solna is part of Stockholm County so that's good too.
I think of the whole Greater Stockholm area as Stockholm. Perhaps not Norrtälje, Nykvarn and Nynäshamn, but Södertälje definitely is.
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However it is a part of Stockholm's urban area.
Brent is definitely London without a shadow of a doubt - no way can people in Brent claim they don't live in London. 
I've left London now and I'm back in Sweden but when I stayed near Heathrow, in the borough of Hillingdon, locals did say they were going to 'London' in the weekend. This is the London I'm talking about
