# The City Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 3, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131 "2009-03-03T11:08:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/241 "2009-03-05T14:18:53Z")
Dunfermline, Scotland ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/242 "2009-03-06T02:01:57Z")
:: taps microphone :: Is this on? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/243 "2009-03-06T04:11:37Z")
Etobicoke, Ontario ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/244 "2009-03-06T13:08:45Z")
El Alamein, Egypt (not big enough, but famous enough) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/245 "2009-03-06T14:08:00Z")
Nantes, France ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/246 "2009-03-06T14:22:09Z")
St. Tropez, France. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/247 "2009-03-06T14:29:49Z")
Zagreb, Croatia ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/248 "2009-03-06T15:57:25Z")
Buenos Aires, Argentina ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/249 "2009-03-06T16:28:14Z")
Salalah, Oman ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/250 "2009-03-06T16:41:20Z")
Hague, Netherlands ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/251 "2009-03-06T16:52:51Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Hague, Netherlands Shouldn’t that technically be The Hague or Den Haage (sp?)? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/252 "2009-03-06T17:01:48Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Shouldn’t that technically be The Hague or Den Haage (sp?)? Technically yes. But in the same way, would you gategorize “The Catcher in the Rye” under T or C? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/253 "2009-03-07T01:14:16Z")
East St. Louis, Ill. ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/254 "2009-03-07T01:32:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > East St. Louis, Ill. [Population](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_St._Louis) 31,542. (Unless that rule’s changed – I didn’t read all 92 pages of the thread.) Seattle, USA ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/255 "2009-03-07T02:05:19Z")
Also, a repeat. Eindhoven, the Netherlands ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/256 "2009-03-07T05:29:36Z")
Nicosia, Cyprus ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/257 "2009-03-07T10:56:27Z")
Augusta, Maine. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/258 "2009-03-07T10:57:31Z")
Adis Abeba, Ethiopia ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/259 "2009-03-07T11:00:32Z")
Anapolis, Maryland 36k, but the Naval Academy should qualify it. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/260 "2009-03-07T11:35:50Z")
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