fwiw I just threw this in since many on HN probably don’t know much about Reading

red face

Swindon has been growing like crazy. ~92,000 in 1961 to ~233,000 in 2021. Passing Reading's population in the 90s.

>many on HN probably don’t know much about Reading

Maybe it is better that way. ;0)

It's a city that can be annoyingly hard to Google. If, for example, you search for "Reading Library" you basically get ALL THE LIBRARIES... :)

	▲	hermitcrab 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's still a town (despite efforts to the contrary).

I thought it was made city status a while back too!

	▲	hermitcrab 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Nope. "In the end, the 2022 contest saw Reading beaten to the post by Dunfermline, Bangor, Douglas, Doncaster, Wrexham, Colchester, and nearby Milton Keynes. " https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/25782760.reading-not... A lot of sources seem to cite Reading as 'England's largest town' but maybe that is by area, rather than population? Also depends on where you put the boundary.