Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_urban_area

Here is a map of the Cardiff urban area

It's about half the size and half the population of the Newcastle urban area

Newcastle merges South with Gateshead and then inland along the Tyne to form a densely populated area

Cardiff could be argued to merge with penarth but certainly not pontypridd and apart from the town of Caerphilly the rest of the valleys do not join Cardiff directly

To say that what people think of as " Newcastle " is twice the size of what people think as " Cardiff " is about right

Newcastle has a big arena , a bigger city centre , more night time entertainment , a big Chinatown, its bigger in every way

I would love our city and football team to have bigger crowds , be a better team , have more music venues , etc

But it just isn't as big and progressive as Leeds , Sheffield , Nottingham , Bristol etc

Just the way it is
Cardiff is bigger than Newcastle, 140 square kilometres to 114 square kilometres, it’s as simple as that. If you’ve driven across both cities you’ll realise that, getting from the West End to just past Chillingham Rd is a breeze compared to Culverhouse Cross to St. Mellon’s. Google it Sludge, it’s all there in black and white.