Can you name the US Cities Bordering Most 50,000+ Cities? by jonesjeffum

#	Cities	State
15		California
8		Texas
8		California
7		California
6		California
6		California
6		California
6		California
6		California
6		Arizona
6		Florida
6		Illinois
6		New York
6		Florida
5		California
5		California
5		California

#	Cities	State
5		California
5		California
5		California
5		California
5		California
5		Texas
5		Texas
5		Texas
5		Texas
5		Michigan
5		Michigan
5		Michigan
5		Massachusetts
5		Florida
5		Florida
5		New Jersey

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US Cities Bordering Most 50,000+ Cities Quiz

by jonesjeffum

Created Feb 8, 2012 in Geography
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	FelixtheBear:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 04:14 GMT	6 points
	Excellent quiz! I believe that Boston actually has six; Revere, Somerville, Cambridge, Newton, Brookline, and Quincy.

	adamnvillani:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 07:07 GMT	3 points
	The City of Industry, California, borders six: Pico Rivera, El Monte, Baldwin Park, West Covina, Pomona, and Diamond Bar. Pretty remarkable for a city of only 219 people.

	BoomRShine:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 12:55 GMT	4 points
	Detroit borders five 50,000+ cities: Windsor (211,000), Warren (134,000), Dearborn (98,000), Southfield (72,000), and Dearborn Heights (58,000).

	BoomRShine:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 13:05 GMT	4 points
	Livonia, Michigan borders five 50,000+ cities: Westland (84,000), Farmington Hills (80,000), Southfield (72,000), Dearborn Heights (58,000), and Novi (55,000).

	SomeoneRandom:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 13:40 GMT	3 points
	Do water borders count? If so, then Jersey City, NJ should be here, seeing as it borders Bayonne, Hoboken, Union City, and North Bergen on land, and it has water borders with Newark and New York City.

	SomeoneRandom:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 13:43 GMT	3 points
	If water borders are accepted, then Newark should also be here, as it borders East Orange, Irvington, and Elizabeth on land and Jersey City and Bayonne on water.

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	jonesjeffum:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 15:44 GMT	-3 points
	Irvington is a township not a town or city so it doesn't count for Newark's total

	SomeoneRandom:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 16:44 GMT	6 points
	@jonesjeffum: Brookline is a town (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookline,_Massachusetts) so it should count. Also, as for Irvington, while it is a township, it is also incorporated (all municipalities are incorporated in New Jersey), so if you are including all incorporated municipalities (which I strongly recommend) then it does count.

	BiloxiSean:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 17:54 GMT	4 points
	Actually, Jersey City does share a land border with New york on Ellis Island. In the late 90's, a court rulled that the natural part of the island is New York, and the man made part is New Jersey (Jersey City), so yes New York and Jersey City share a land border.(http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/523/767/)

	SomeoneRandom:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 18:21 GMT	3 points
	@BiloxiSean: That's very interesting! I didn't know that. Well then, therefore there is no excuse for Jersey City not appearing on this quiz.

	SomeoneRandom:	Feb 9th, 2012 at 18:23 GMT	1 point
	Oh, and also, Philadelphia should be here, because it is bordered by Upper Darby Twp, Lower Merion Twp, Abington Twp, and Bensalem Twp on land, and then Camden across the river.

	FelixtheBear:	Feb 10th, 2012 at 00:19 GMT	4 points
	@jonesjeffum: Brookline, MA is as town as town can get. It was first settled in 1638 and incorporated as a town in 1705. And it has 58k people.

	jonesjeffum:	Feb 10th, 2012 at 03:26 GMT	-4 points
	Look at the US Census map... according to the source it is a CDP... that's the only thing I can go off of

	Onno:	Feb 10th, 2012 at 08:13 GMT	8 points
	Town(ship)s can be CDPs as well, especially in MA and NJ that's often the case. It is the census' way of describing non-cities that act like cities (although I've noticed some strange decisions on their part). I think it's the quizmaker's decision, but the description does say that it includes towns...

	FelixtheBear:	Feb 10th, 2012 at 16:40 GMT	4 points
	@jonesjeffum: But you say in your note, "Villages, Boroughs, and Towns counted but not CDPs." Should not the fact that it was an incorporated town over 80 years before the first U.S. Census (and it has never ceased to be) count more than the much later designation of a CDP?