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		elemeno on June 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what... It's the UK term for Wall Street. It doesn't have as much of the geographic connotation these days - working in Canary Wharf or a Mayfair hedge fund can all come under the phrase of 'working the in the city'

drakeandrews on June 2, 2013 [–]

The city is certainly a geographic area. It's the City of London, an entirely separate city with it's own government and everything.

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