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From: user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid

I prepared several closely-related lists of U.S. cities.
Following is one of the lists:

Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Brooklyn, NY
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
New Orleans, LA
Philadelphia, PA

What is this list?
(I may post another of the related lists as a hint if nobody gets this.)

Cheers,
James

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From: user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid

James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

I prepared several closely-related lists of U.S. cities.
Following is one of the lists:

Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Brooklyn, NY
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
New Orleans, LA
Philadelphia, PA

What is this list?
(I may post another of the related lists as a hint if nobody gets this.)

Here is another of the lists. If the puzzle seems too obscure or too hard, please make some wild guesses so I don't feel lonely!

Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Charleston, SC
Chicago, IL
Cleveland, OH
Detroit, MI
Houston, TX
Los Angeles, CA
New Orleans, LA
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
St. Louis, MO

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Cheers,
James

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From: rjh@cpax.org.uk

On 08/09/2025 16:51, James Dow Allen wrote:

James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

I prepared several closely-related lists of U.S. cities.
Following is one of the lists:

Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Brooklyn, NY
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
New Orleans, LA
Philadelphia, PA

What is this list?
(I may post another of the related lists as a hint if nobody gets this.)

Here is another of the lists. If the puzzle seems too obscure or too hard, please make some wild guesses so I don't feel lonely!

This reminds me of GCHQ's "read my mind" puzzles. No hook. Sorry,
James. But to oblige you, here is my wild guess:

Seattle, WA

selected at random from a globe.

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Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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From: carlgnews@microprizes.com

On 9/7/2025 9:20 AM, James Dow Allen wrote:

I prepared several closely-related lists of U.S. cities.
Following is one of the lists:

Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Brooklyn, NY
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
New Orleans, LA
Philadelphia, PA

What is this list?
(I may post another of the related lists as a hint if nobody gets this.)

Cheers,
James

Simi Valley, CA

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Carl G.


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From: dtilque@frontier.com

On 9/7/25 09:20, James Dow Allen wrote:

I prepared several closely-related lists of U.S. cities.
Following is one of the lists:

Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Brooklyn, NY
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
New Orleans, LA
Philadelphia, PA

What is this list?
(I may post another of the related lists as a hint if nobody gets this.)

They're all cities that Trump has threatened to send National Guard
troops to. Well, in the case of LA, already has. But it's missing
several cities: Washington (already has), Seattle, and Portland. And it
only works if you count Brooklyn as all of New York.

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Dan Tilque

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XPost: rec.puzzles
From: user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid

James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

I prepared several closely-related lists of U.S. cities.
Following is one of the lists:

Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Brooklyn, NY
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
New Orleans, LA
Philadelphia, PA

What is this list?
(I may post another of the related lists as a hint if nobody gets this.)

Here is another of the lists. If the puzzle seems too obscure or too hard, please make some wild guesses so I don't feel lonely!

Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Charleston, SC
Chicago, IL
Cleveland, OH
Detroit, MI
Houston, TX
Los Angeles, CA
New Orleans, LA
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
St. Louis, MO

I'm glad to see some answers. The puzzle is too hard, but I was afraid
more info would make it too easy.
Anyway, here is another one of the related lists:

New York, NY

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Cheers,
James

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From: user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid

James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

I prepared several closely-related lists of U.S. cities.
Following are three of the lists:

I've added some more info. Baltimore fulfilled the criterion
for inclusion on List X three times, Boston twice, Brooklyn thrice,
and so on.

List X
3 Baltimore, MD
2 Boston, MA
3 Brooklyn, NY
4 Chicago, IL
3 Los Angeles, CA
1 New Orleans, LA
8 Philadelphia, PA


List Y
1 Baltimore, MD
5 Boston, MA
2 Charleston, SC
1 Chicago, IL
1 Cleveland, OH
3 Detroit, MI
1 Houston, TX
2 Los Angeles, CA
3 New Orleans, LA
3 Philadelphia, PA
1 Phoenix, AZ
1 St. Louis, MO

List Z
24 New York, NY

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Cheers,
James

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