Originally Posted by
cessnarocket
Belfast has been and always will be the business capital of Northern Ireland newry/Derry/Londonderry /Armagh/Lisburn are in my opinion only city's by default.
Belfast has been a city since 1888.
Derry was a city 284 years earlier in 1604.
Greater Belfast has a population of 587,000.
Greater Derry has a population of 237,000.