Both cities are sprawly for the UK, but have dense hearts. Manchester's kept many of its greatest hits and a semblance of its urban fabric
Manchester 2.5 million (3.3 million metro)
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Birmingham mostly bulldozed its
2.9 million (4.3 million metro)
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It managed to maintain only a couple of its major streets
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