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Vox Pop: People talking about cities and local businesses
The following audio excerpt is from “Vox Pop: People talking about cities and local businesses” (Cities, pp. 14–16). Listen to the full track on Business Spotlight Audio 4/26. Below, we provide you with a transcript.
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Vox Pop: People talking about cities and local businesses
Sion: City councils and tourism boards often try to dictate the narrative being told about their city. But sometimes, other things really stick in people’s minds.
We asked our editors to describe a city of their choice without saying its name. Can you guess which cities they are talking about?
Rachel: This city is an important media hub in northern England, home to TV and audio studios for some of the UK’s broadcasters.
It’s known as the world’s first industrial city and was referred to as “Cottonopolis” in the 19th century, the centre of the cotton industry.
The city has a major tech start-up scene with over 1,600 start-ups employing over 60,000 people.
Mae: This city is located in the Midwest region of the United States. It sits on one of the five Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, and it’s very long and skinny.
It’s well known for having a very robust network of above-ground trains that are used as public transportation. And in the downtown region of this city, the centre of the public transportation network is called “The Loop”. Because of the city’s location in the United States, it’s a very important hub for transportation and logistics across the entire country.
And the city is affectionately nicknamed the “Windy City”. Many people think this is because of the very strong winds that come off of Lake Michigan, but, in fact, it is for political reasons.