[Talk-GB] Metropolitan Districts at admin_level=8

[SK53]

I've just noticed that most (all?) metropolitan district councils (e.g.,
Wirral, Rotherham) are at admin_level=8 despite having functions equivalent
to other primary local authorities which are mapped with admin_level=6.

I know that the new West Midlands Combined Authority also has
admin_level=6, but I always thought that was an unhappy compromise
resulting in admin_level=6 having no clear meaning.

I note that until 4 years or so these were admin_level=6 (which is what I
expected) until changesets like these:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/49040249#map=8/53.037/-2.318. I
can't recall if these were discussed, but certainly the values dont match
my naive expectations.

Jerry
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