states with cities of the same name

(Mark Brader) wrote in news:10k6aunrjooked0
@corp.supernews.com:

Tim W.S.:
Is Oklahoma City the largest city population-wise of the form [state
name] City?

By city proper population, I'm pretty sure it's the largest city in
the *world* whose actual name ends in City, never mind what comes
before it. (Remember, "New York City" is an informal name, and
places like Mexico City aren't really named in English.)

If you use metropolitan areas, then Oklahoma City is #2 of the "state
name + City" type and #3 of "anything + City", behind Kansas City and
Salt Lake City.

According to July 1, 2003, Census Bureau estimates, the top 40 "City"
cities in the US, by city proper population, are as follows:





4. 190,117 Boise City, Idaho *


* This seems to be an informal alternate name, like New York City,
that's slipped into the Census Bureau data. The Geographic Names
Information System, for example, has the place name as just Boise,
and so does the city's official web site.

Boise City as opposed to Boise County maybe but this is said less often
than Iconoclast's San Fransicans call their town Cow Hollow.

And to think no mention of the legitmate City in Idaho for this thread
Idaho City which was the capital until the Boise people stole it in the
middle of the night by putting all the records on a few wagons and
heading down to Boise.

(Mark Brader) wrote in news:10k6aunrjooked0
@corp.supernews.com:

Tim W.S.:
Is Oklahoma City the largest city population-wise of the form [state
name] City?

By city proper population, I'm pretty sure it's the largest city in
the *world* whose actual name ends in City, never mind what comes
before it. (Remember, "New York City" is an informal name, and
places like Mexico City aren't really named in English.)

If you use metropolitan areas, then Oklahoma City is #2 of the "state
name + City" type and #3 of "anything + City", behind Kansas City and
Salt Lake City.

According to July 1, 2003, Census Bureau estimates, the top 40 "City"
cities in the US, by city proper population, are as follows:





4. 190,117 Boise City, Idaho *


* This seems to be an informal alternate name, like New York City,
that's slipped into the Census Bureau data. The Geographic Names
Information System, for example, has the place name as just Boise,
and so does the city's official web site.

Boise City as opposed to Boise County maybe but this is said less often
than Iconoclast's San Fransicans call their town Cow Hollow.

And to think no mention of the legitmate City in Idaho for this thread
Idaho City which was the capital until the Boise people stole it in the
middle of the night by putting all the records on a few wagons and
heading down to Boise.

Mark Brader:
If you use metropolitan areas, then Oklahoma City is #2 of the "state
name + City" type and #3 of "anything + City", behind Kansas City and
Salt Lake City.

Dave Hatunen:
"Salt Lake" is not the name of its state, nor is "Kansas" the
name of the state in quesion ...

Er, I didn't say they were.
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"New York City" doesn't count because "New York" is proper. The
mailing address for Manhattan is "New York, NY."

"New York City" doesn't count because "New York" is proper. The
mailing address for Manhattan is "New York, NY."

"New York City" doesn't count because "New York" is proper. The
mailing address for Manhattan is "New York, NY."

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:07:59 -0000, (Mark Brader)
wrote:

Mark Brader:
If you use metropolitan areas, then Oklahoma City is #2 of the "state
name + City" type and #3 of "anything + City", behind Kansas City and
Salt Lake City.

Dave Hatunen:
"Salt Lake" is not the name of its state, nor is "Kansas" the
name of the state in quesion ...

Er, I didn't say they were.

The question at hand was:

"Is Oklahoma City the largest city population-wise of the form
[state name] City?" Salt Lake is not a [state name].

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