ZK translation: The nearest city of any size

[Jamie McKittrick]

Another way of saying it would be "nearest city of note" i.e. the closest
largest city worth paying attention to. There are other cities around but
why go to Milton Keynes when you can go to London?

On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> P29.3-15   “Do I ask the question or do I accept the situation passively?
> I want to know the rules.”
>        “What’s the question?”
>        “Where are we?” I said.
>        He nodded slowly, examining the matter. Then he laughed. “The
> nearest city of any size is across the border, called Bishkek. It’s the
> capital of Kyrgyzstan. Then there’s Almaty, bigger, more distant, in
> Kazakhstan. But Almaty is not the capital. It used to be the capital. The
> capital is now Astana, which has gold skyscrapers and indoor shopping malls
> where people lounge on sand beaches before plunging into wave pools. Once
> you know the local names and how to spell them, you’ll feel less detached.”
>
> What does "of any size" mean here? Is the stress on "size"?
>
> P.S. Please ignore the previous email. My browser somehow messed up the
> subject line.
>
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