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It sounds like the rule is if you have a major league sports franchise. OK Green Bay is missing, but otherwise, the one unifying factor is that all of these cities have professional sports.
I always thought it quite funny that there's a California University based in California, PA. At least they officially call it "California University of Pennsylvania", perhaps to reduce the potential of lawsuits from angry foreign students who imagined beaches and year-round warmth but got Pittsburgh instead. Prior to the 80s it went by "California State College" which I'm sure could be seen as *slightly* misleading.
It would be interesting to compare the AP list with that of the NYT, which uses its own style guide. I've noticed, for example, that NYT datelines don't append a state name to Sacramento as do the AP's.
Philly Chicago and Boston are tops for this! I don't know why.
Majority who believed that were foreigners, so I suspect it's because of US History, Branding (Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Sam Adams Boston Lager, Boston Market ect,) and how little the states get coverage compared to the city. As for the adults in the US, the more common answer was how similar Philadelphia and Pennsylvania sounded so they mixed the both up. I just pin it down to geographical ignorance.
It would be interesting to compare the AP list with that of the NYT, which uses its own style guide. I've noticed, for example, that NYT datelines don't append a state name to Sacramento as do the AP's.
Here you go, domestic place names that should stand alone in datelines are listed here.
ALBANY
ALBUQUERQUE
ANCHORAGE
ATLANTA
ATLANTIC CITY
BALTIMORE
BOSTON
BUFFALO
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI
CLEVELAND
COLORADO SPRINGS
DALLAS
DENVER
DES MOINES
DETROIT
EL PASO
FORT WORTH
HARTFORD
HOLLYWOOD
HONOLULU
HOUSTON
INDIANAPOLIS
IOWA CITY
JERSEY CITY
LAS VEGAS
LOS ANGELES
MEMPHIS
MIAMI
MIAMI BEACH
MILWAUKEE
MINNEAPOLIS
NASHVILLE
NEWARK
NEW HAVEN
NEW ORLEANS
OKLAHOMA CITY
OMAHA
PHILADELPHIA
PHOENIX
PITTSBURGH
ROCHESTER
SACRAMENTO
SALT LAKE CITY
SAN ANTONIO
SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO
SEATTLE
ST. LOUIS
ST. PAUL
SYRACUSE
TRENTON
TUCSON
VIRGINIA BEACH
WASHINGTON
WHITE PLAINS
YONKERS
KANSAS CITY datelines always specify a state (Kan. or Mo.).
Here you go, domestic place names that should stand alone in datelines are listed here.
ALBANY
ALBUQUERQUE
ANCHORAGE
ATLANTA
ATLANTIC CITY
BALTIMORE
BOSTON
BUFFALO
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI
CLEVELAND
COLORADO SPRINGS
DALLAS
DENVER
DES MOINES
DETROIT
EL PASO
FORT WORTH
HARTFORD
HOLLYWOOD
HONOLULU
HOUSTON
INDIANAPOLIS
IOWA CITY
JERSEY CITY
LAS VEGAS
LOS ANGELES
MEMPHIS
MIAMI
MIAMI BEACH
MILWAUKEE
MINNEAPOLIS
NASHVILLE
NEWARK
NEW HAVEN
NEW ORLEANS
OKLAHOMA CITY
OMAHA
PHILADELPHIA
PHOENIX
PITTSBURGH
ROCHESTER
SACRAMENTO
SALT LAKE CITY
SAN ANTONIO
SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO
SEATTLE
ST. LOUIS
ST. PAUL
SYRACUSE
TRENTON
TUCSON
VIRGINIA BEACH
WASHINGTON
WHITE PLAINS
YONKERS
KANSAS CITY datelines always specify a state (Kan. or Mo.).
Trenton is an odd inclusion, in my opinion.
Not that weird given that it's the capital of a state that holds much of the NYC metropolitan area.
I mean the list includes Newark even though there's a decently sized Newark in Delaware not too far away. Clearly they just figure, hey this is a city in our metro, so people will know what we mean.
Here you go, domestic place names that should stand alone in datelines are listed here.
ALBANY
ALBUQUERQUE
ANCHORAGE
ATLANTA
ATLANTIC CITY
BALTIMORE
BOSTON
BUFFALO
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI
CLEVELAND
COLORADO SPRINGS
DALLAS
DENVER
DES MOINES
DETROIT
EL PASO
FORT WORTH
HARTFORD
HOLLYWOOD
HONOLULU
HOUSTON
INDIANAPOLIS
IOWA CITY
JERSEY CITY
LAS VEGAS
LOS ANGELES
MEMPHIS
MIAMI
MIAMI BEACH
MILWAUKEE
MINNEAPOLIS
NASHVILLE
NEWARK
NEW HAVEN
NEW ORLEANS
OKLAHOMA CITY
OMAHA
PHILADELPHIA
PHOENIX
PITTSBURGH
ROCHESTER
SACRAMENTO
SALT LAKE CITY
SAN ANTONIO
SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO
SEATTLE
ST. LOUIS
ST. PAUL
SYRACUSE
TRENTON
TUCSON
VIRGINIA BEACH
WASHINGTON
WHITE PLAINS
YONKERS
KANSAS CITY datelines always specify a state (Kan. or Mo.).
Trenton is an odd inclusion, in my opinion.
Yonkers and White Plains, but not Oakland or Long Beach? This appears to be for NYT local readers, not a national audience.
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