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I don't think there are any Ann Arbors or Kalamazoos in other States. There is a Grand Rapids in Minnesota, I think, but it's much smaller then the Michigan city.
In the news business the AP (Associated Press) stylebook notes specifically which cities' names can stand alone without a state afterward
ATLANTA BALTIMORE BOSTON CHICAGO CINCINNATI CLEVELAND
DALLAS DENVER DETROIT HONOLULU HOUSTON INDIANAPOLIS LAS VEGAS LOS ANGELES
MIAMI MILWAUKEE MINNEAPOLIS NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK OKLAHOMA CITY PHILADELPHIA PHOENIX PITTSBURGH
ST. LOUIS SALT LAKE CITY SAN ANTONIO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE WASHINGTON
The same idea holds for important foreign cities. Nobody need write Paris, France, for example, or Tokyo, Japan, or Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Just the name of the city will do.
Nashville Tennessee and Memphis Tennesse are just so lyrical, they float off your tongue. Chattanooga is lyrical by itself, don't need no TN.
Knoxville is like a rock, it sinks and tennessee can't float it. I saw Knoxville mentioned in the NY times without TN and it really surprised me. "these people know we exist?"
I think Columbus Ohio wins this one. There is no other Columbus that is even close in size and yet it always has OH after it.
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