Even ignoring The Overground, the underground is mostly overground (if that makes sense). In fact the only tube lines totally underground are the Victoria and Waterloo&City

I can’t believe Istanbul actually is not Constantinople.

(Not that it’s any of my business…)

Alabama accent: grow forest, grow!

Thanks, that’s an interesting perspective. Cities developing somewhat independently of state / county lines. Here in the UK it seems our counties are so much smaller and irregular that it seems like a phrase that’s never found much use

https://jonathan.rawle.org/hyperpedia/counties/images/big74.gif

Interesting, thanks

TriState area

I only ever hear this phrase in an American context. Are your states more likely to meet with 3 at a point or something? I never hear “quadstate” or “bistate” area?