# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/121 "2009-03-04T10:43:31Z")
Ypsilanti, Michigan ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/122 "2009-03-04T10:43:51Z")
Ipswich, UK ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/123 "2009-03-04T10:49:49Z")
Never knew Ypsilanti was all that famous. 😛 Hong Kong, China ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/124 "2009-03-04T10:56:27Z")
Glendale, California I can’t say how famous Ypsilanti is, but it is almost as bad as Detroit, last I heard. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/125 "2009-03-04T11:11:56Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > Glendale, California > > I can’t say how famous Ypsilanti is, but it is almost as bad as Detroit, last I heard. It’s not horrible… It almost even has a degree of charm to it. There was a pretty good pizza place in the now-gentrified Depot Town area last time I visited. Don’t think I’d want to live there, though. That said, I’d have probably never known the city even existed if my father hadn’t worked for their (now defunct) newspaper. I’m going to toss in **Ebetsu, Japan** again, maybe it’ll stick this time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/126 "2009-03-04T11:17:03Z")
Totally not world famous, but I’m using it anyway. Ulan Bator, Mongolia Ypsilanti is kind of like Youngstown. Stray too far off campus, and you will be in a pretty bad area. One of my friends just interviewed at Eastern Michigan University for her graduate work. She said it was nowhere near as bad as Youngstown. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/127 "2009-03-04T11:22:10Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > Totally not world famous, but I’m using it anyway. > > Ulan Bator, Mongolia Already said on page 1. Ulm, Germany ---
**Author:** ![Highpockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19adc/32.png) [@Highpockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Highpockets)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/128 "2009-03-04T11:23:58Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Already said on page 1. > > Ulm, Germany Mangalore, India ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/129 "2009-03-04T11:24:49Z")
Midori, Japan Cancle that. Erie, Pennsylvania ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/130 "2009-03-04T11:30:53Z")
Cancle Erie, too. El Monte, California ---
**Author:** ![Highpockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19adc/32.png) [@Highpockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Highpockets)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/131 "2009-03-04T11:34:28Z")
Erbil, Iraq ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/132 "2009-03-04T11:36:22Z")
Lexington, Kentucky ---
**Author:** ![Highpockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19adc/32.png) [@Highpockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Highpockets)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/133 "2009-03-04T11:38:00Z")
N’Djamena, Chad ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/134 "2009-03-04T11:40:34Z")
Arecibo, Puerto Rico. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/135 "2009-03-04T11:42:43Z")
I’ve never been to Youngstown (that I can recall, at least), but I have never really had a desire to go, either. Midori is a famous city or has a population above 100,000? The only city named Midori I know is in Gunma and comes pretty shy of 100k people. I guess it doesn’t matter anyway… But I’m curious if there is another Midori-shi. Omaha, Nebraska ---
**Author:** ![Highpockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19adc/32.png) [@Highpockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Highpockets)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/136 "2009-03-04T11:44:41Z")
Algiers, Algeria ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/137 "2009-03-04T11:46:21Z")
Samarkand, Uzbekistan ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/138 "2009-03-04T11:47:07Z")
I’ve lived near Youngstown my whole life. As for Midori, I have no idea of the population. I just liked the name of the city and was glad I was able to use it. Durham, North Carolina ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/139 "2009-03-04T11:49:47Z")
Fair enough. 🙂 Miami, Fla. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-city-game/488131/140 "2009-03-04T11:51:00Z")
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