Birmingham

The 2nd-biggest city in the UK, however in city terms, it is the biggest in Western Europe, having 1.1mn people living within one metropolitan district.

Has more canals than Venice.

Has an area of about 300 sq. km (100 sq. mi). Without Brum, not only would there be no guns (most bullets and guns are made to Brum standards), but half of things would not exist due to the progress made by Brummies in the industrial revolution, including municipal government (making Birmingham the oldest local authority in the world), the gas lamp, and the original Mini, the discovery of oxygen, the use of cotton wool in medicine, state banks, plastics, the steam engine.

Oh, and the bus stop and the bus timetable.

It's very multicultural - there's a mosque, a Christian youth group, and a KFC within 200m of each other.

Every single motorway passes through the city.

It's great for a night out, and the Bullring is the largest mall (by footfalls and shops per sq. m) in Europe.

It has more curry houses on one street than the Asians do.

Birmingham Uni is the first public uni in the West. In fact, UoB is nearly at breakthrough for a cancer drug.

Home of the Civil Rights movement.

Birmingham is not a concrete jungle. It has more greenery than Paris. The green in the city has made it won Greenest City 14 years in a row.

Several famous places are named after areas of Birmingham; Hollywood, Broadway, and California!

So, to conclude: Suck it London.

Alice: Birmingham? That backwater place in the Midlands?
Bob: No, jackass. Stop breathing, and get off at the next stop, because Brummies discovered both of those things.

EXAMPLE 2:
Alice: This London curry sucks.
Bob: Time to get in our Mini! Alice... TO BIRMINGHAM!

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