# North/South/East/West \[city name\], but a different city than \[city name\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 29, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-south-east-west-city-name-but-a-different-city-than-city-name/1004958 "2024-07-29T16:35:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 44
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-south-east-west-city-name-but-a-different-city-than-city-name/1004958/44 "2024-07-29T20:08:07Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > May be a topic for another thread - cities with N/S/E/W and have a larger population than the source city? I cannot think of any others than Covina/West Covina. From a few years back: > [@Direction City \> City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-city-city/926049/1): > > What direction cities are significantly bigger than the adjacent or nearby non-direction city they’re named for? Direction city is one with a direction in its name. East St Louis IL and West New York NJ, for examples. They’re adjecent or at least near a city that has the same name except for the direction.[\*] They can be, as in those two examples, across state lines from the non-direction city, but they don’t have to be. Nor do they have to be exactly adjacent. Chicago has three direction citie… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-south-east-west-city-name-but-a-different-city-than-city-name/1004958)._