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stickydink
on June 1, 2013
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Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what...
"The City" is a small area of London, in terms of business, the US equivalent of a financial district.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
elemeno
on June 1, 2013
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It's the UK term for Wall Street. It doesn't have as much of the geographic connotation these days - working in Canary Wharf or a Mayfair hedge fund can all come under the phrase of 'working the in the city'
drakeandrews
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The city is certainly a geographic area. It's the City of London, an entirely separate city with it's own government and everything.
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