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green_mariner · 07-02-2009, 04:36 PM

Fint is the largest city in the USA with only one syllable: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint,_Michigan

Rob Allen · 07-02-2009, 05:16 PM

True, Flint it is - I was looking at a list of Combined Statistical Areas, and York is the largest one-syllable name that's the primary city in its CSA. Flint is part of the Detroit CSA.

green_mariner · 07-02-2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Allen

True, Flint it is - I was looking at a list of Combined Statistical Areas, and York is the largest one-syllable name that's the primary city in its CSA. Flint is part of the Detroit CSA.

I was talking about a city regardless of CSA.

green_mariner · 07-02-2009, 05:26 PM

Which U.S. city is home to the largest collection of fountains?
Which city has the second largest collection of fountains in the world?

jtur88 · 07-02-2009, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Allen

True, Flint it is - I was looking at a list of Combined Statistical Areas, and York is the largest one-syllable name that's the primary city in its CSA. Flint is part of the Detroit CSA.

The funniest part of that distinction is that York is closer to Baltimore (52 miles) than Flint is to Detroit (68 miles). But York gets to be a "primary city" and Flint does not, despite having three times the population of York.

I still think Orange has only one syllable. Purple and Grapefruit have two. Orange has one.

jtur88 · 07-09-2009, 09:15 AM

Which three cities in the Unites States are situated such that there exists a point that is exactly equidistant from all three of them?

Mathguy · 07-09-2009, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

Which U.S. city is home to the largest collection of fountains?
Which city has the second largest collection of fountains in the world?

Without looking I think Kansas City might be the answer.

green_mariner · 07-09-2009, 11:26 AM

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Without looking I think Kansas City might be the answer.

In the USA, yes. KC is the city of fountains. There is a reason it's nickname is "Paris of the Plains".

green_mariner · 07-09-2009, 11:27 AM

Another one: Which cities are known as "Paris of the East"?

jtur88 · 07-09-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

Another one: Which cities are known as "Paris of the East"?

The three cities that get the most google hits under "paris of the east" are Budapest, Beirut and Shanghai. But Paris, Maine, gets more hits than any of those, so I'm going with Paris, Maine.