second city syndrome

When a smaller city talks down on a larger city due to insecurity of its own size and/or having less culture, music, art, employment. Usually this happens between two cities that are relatively close to one another.

Some great West Coast examples are Portland and Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Ironically, the smaller city will always talk shit on the larger city, but the larger city will speak glowingly of the smaller one, often referring it to as "charming" or "cute". Often, larger city residents will visit the smaller city on weekend trips and mini-breaks while the smaller city will often have to come out of necessity- i.e. jobs or to see their favorite band play.

San Franciscan: God! I hate those superficial brainless L.A. types! The sun must absorb most of their brain cells because you can't have a single decent conversation down there! Oh, by the way, I have a few job interviews down there because I'm sick of living on unemployment in SF...No I don't have second city syndrome, that place just sucks

Angeleno: Oh my god! I totally went to Frisco and it was like awesome! It's so foggy and cute! And theres all these hills! Oh my god let's go again next weekend and have brunch! At that one place with those guys with all the tattoos! Soooo much fun!

Portlander: Seattle totally sucks! Its full of these corporate liberal hypocrites that are rude and fake...man. Whatever- no, I don't have 2nd city Syndrome. I keep it real in the streets...P-town for life, blood. (stupid handshake/and or tattoo revealing a "portland" icon)...Hey... we need to get tix to see Skrillex play next weekend...yeah, he's only playing in Seattle...

Seattelite: So Jenny and I went down to Portland the other weekend and had brunch at that great new place! What a nice city...we stayed at the co-op bed & breakfast too with the organic rose bushes...beautiful! Let's go down there again soon.

second city syndrome by W.Coastie Girl July 10, 2012

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Second City of the UK

Birmingham without a doubt - 1 million population makes it far bigger than any other insecure wannabe rival.

Birmingham was the birthplace of the modern world inventing steam power and was the first to use fossil fuels to produce power.

The population of the world would still be living in mud huts but for the great inventions of Birmingham!

Birmingham the Second City of the UK we salute you for your great advancement of world civilisation!

Second City of the UK by Anthony H Wilson October 17, 2008

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Second City of the UK

Birmingham according to Wikipedia is without doubt the second city of the UK - wanabee rival Manchester is a Grim Decaying Mill Town that ranks 9th - how embarassing!

1 London 7,172,091
2 Birmingham 970,892
3 Glasgow 629,501
4 Liverpool 469,017
5 Leeds 443,247
6 Sheffield 439,866
7 Edinburgh 430,082
8 Bristol 420,556
9 Manchester 394,269

Birmingham the second city of the UK - let's all laugh at the poverty stricken grim mill town of Manchester ranked at a lowly 9th!

Second City of the UK by Anthony H Wilson October 17, 2008

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Second City of the UK

Manchester is the second city of the UK. Birmingham is simply a large sewer full of rats, that explains the large population. Manchester is not beaten in anything by any other UK city, and especially not the village of Birmingham.

"Holy crap! I am in Manchester! I love it so much! This place is more like the first city of the UK, let alone the Second City of the UK!"

"Ohhh I need to take a dump! Jump in the car kids we're going to Birmingham!"

Second City of the UK by Professor R Right August 24, 2008

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Second City of the UK

Manchester is the second city of the UK. Birmingham is simply a large sewer full of rats, that explains the large population. Manchester is not beaten in anything by any other UK city, and especially not the village of Birmingham.

"Holy crap! I am in Manchester! I love it so much! This place is more like the first city of the UK, let alone the Second City of the UK!"

"Ohhh I need to take a dump! Jump in the car kids we're going to Birmingham!"

Second City of the UK by Professor R Right August 23, 2008

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Second City of the UK

Manchester is the second city of the UK. Birmingham is simply a large sewer full of rats, that explains the large population. Manchester is not beaten in anything by any other UK city, and especially not the village of Birmingham.

"Holy crap! I am in Manchester! I love it so much! This place is more like the first city of the UK, let alone the Second City of the UK!"

"Ohhh I need to take a dump! Jump in the car kids we're going to Birmingham!"

Second City of the UK by Professor R Right August 26, 2008

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