Current Events > its weird that the US have so many cities with "city" in its name

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Your shit sounds like a Batman comic.

how else would people know they are cities?

Other countries do it too. Mexico City is one. Many are in their native language.

Leningrad means Lenin City
Dusseldorf means Dussel Village
Ciudad Real means Royal City
Lots of French towns and villages contain the word "ville"

Mexico City
Veliky Novgorod
Volgograd
Panama City
Ciudad Barrios
Anpolis
Quebec City
Kristinestad
Letchworth Garden City
Guatemala City
Dawson City
Villefranche-sur-Sane

SwayM posted...

Your shit sounds like a Batman comic.

Boo! You made a bad uninformed post and you should feel bad about it! Boo!

Guy whos aware of one country:

Getting a real United States vibe from these city names

Allentown is it a city or a town

I literally can think of only one: New York City.

ETA: Oops, sorry Chiefs.

Are you English? You have London and City of London.

Look at Britain

"Ford" meant it was by a ford.

"Minster" was a religious community.

Ham and Tun was just village. Feld was Field, etc

Oklahoma City is located in Oklahoma County, which is located in the state of Oklahoma.

Don't forget all the world cities than end in "-polis" (Greek for "city")

In the UK, 'city' is an official designation. It used to be that a place had to have a cathedral to be a city, but now they just need a Royal Charter.

I reckon the various founders of US cities used the word because they wanted the settlement to be recognised as big and important from the start.

Look, America is dumb. I get it. We have a Kansas City in Missouri.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsville

ai123 posted...

In the UK, 'city' is an official designation. It used to be that a place had to have a cathedral to be a city, but now they just need a Royal Charter.

You go your whole life in the US being taught that a city is a big place, a town is somewhere smaller, and a village is somewhere smaller still, and then the British come along with their pants on their head yet again.

sfcalimari posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsville

You go your whole life in the US being taught that a city is a big place, a town is somewhere smaller, and a village is somewhere smaller still, and then the British come along with their pants on their head yet again.

Well yeah. You of all people should have expected no less.

St David's (population under 2,000) is a city because it has a cathedral. Bolton and Reading (population 250,000) are towns because they don't have a cathedral or the say so of the King.

They want to be cities. They keep asking if they can be cities. But they keep getting told to fuck off.

I once went to Johnson City and didn't see a single johnson. I thought that was false advertising.

Hikewne posted...

Oklahoma City is located in Oklahoma County, which is located in the state of Oklahoma.

Which is located in the United States of Oklahoma

ai123 posted...

In the UK, 'city' is an official designation. It used to be that a place had to have a cathedral to be a city, but now they just need a Royal Charter.

I reckon the various founders of US cities used the word because they wanted the settlement to be recognised as big and important from the start.

I remember growing up my parents always saying "Dunblane is a city! It has a cathedral!". Is it fuck.

Miami City