Can you name the larger city, is it the UK or US? by tomahaha

Can you name the larger city, is it the UK or US?

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What town is larger, answer "US" or "UK" pretty simple so answer quickly, maybe some will surprise? ("most" population stats per wiki [easier] ...for town/city limits not metro area)
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UK City vs US City	What Town is Larger, UK or US	...Population.... (UK - US)
Dover, England vs Delaware?		34,100 - 35,811
Margate, England vs New Jersey?		57,008 - 8,193
Reading, England vs Pennsylvania?		143,096 - 81,207
Lancaster, England vs Pennsylvania?		45,952 - 55,351
Richmond, England vs Indiana?		8,970 - 39,124
Rye, England vs New York?		3,708 - 43,880
Braintree, England vs Massachusetts?		42,394 - 34,422
Brynmawr, Wales vs Pennsylvania?		5,599 - 4,382
Highbridge, England vs New Jersey?		4,606 - 3,701
Andover, England vs Massachusetts?		52,000 - 31,247
Bangor, Northern Ireland vs Maine?		76,403 - 31,473
Winchester, England vs Virginia?		35,200 - 25,897
Portsmouth, England vs Virginia?		186,700 - 100,577
Newport, Wales vs Rhode Island?		140,200 - 25,940
Salisbury, England vs North Carolina?		39,000 - 28,972
Taunton, England vs Massachusetts?		44,050 - 55,976
Gloucester, England vs Massachusetts?		123,205 - 30,273

UK City vs US City	What Town is Larger, UK or US	...Population.... (UK - US)
Worcester, England vs Massachusetts?		94,029 - 172,596
Warwick, England vs Rhode Island?		25,400 - 85,808
Bedford, England vs (New) Bedford Mass?		79,190 - 91,365
Lincoln, England vs Nebraska?		85,600 - 225,581
Mansfield, England vs Ohio?		67,885 - 49,579
Darlington, England vs South Carolina?		97,838 - 6,720
Carlisle, England vs Pennsylvania?		71,773 - 18,379
Chester, England vs Pennsylvania?		77,040 - 36,854
Warrington, England vs Pennsylvania?		80,661 - 17,580
Ludlow, England vs Massachusetts?		10,500 - 21,209
Westbury, England vs New York?		11,135 - 14,263
Warminster, England vs Pennsylvania?		17,379 - 31,383
Rochester, England vs Minnesota?		37,000 - 85,806
Newburgh, Scotland vs New York?		2040 - 28,259
York, England vs Pennsylvania?		182,000 - 40,862
Dorchester, England vs Massachusetts?		16,171 - 92,115
Huntingdon, England vs Pennsylvania?		19,830 - 6,918

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UK vs US (city showdown) Quiz

by tomahaha

Created Nov 10, 2010 in Geography
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	tomahaha:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 03:48 GMT		7 points
	Before anyone jumps on this, I am fully aware that people can (and undoubtedly WILL) simply type quickly and finish this without even looking at the clues. I did it myself with almost a full minute to go, but to enjoy the quiz and learn some (hopefully) entertaining info, the quiz is meant to be played while thinking (albeit quickly) and not simply trying to get a perfect score only. I hope you enjoy it!

	tomahaha:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 04:02 GMT		2 points
	Thinking about the above comment gave me an idea, if "cheating" is what you want (simply typing away US or UK without even looking), then why not amaze yourself and your friends at how blisteringly fast you can complete this quiz. Simply type the letters XX for every answer. You wanna "cheat" and not even try ...have at it, but at least try it the way it is supposed to be played first and see if you surprise yourself and enjoy it?

	Selicate:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 07:43 GMT		3 points
	I like the idea, but a lot of these towns are so small that someone who doesn't live around that particular area will have never heard of them, and even if they recognize the name, won't have a clue as to its size. So even if they want to "try" on they quiz, it comes down to guessing. Cities under 100,000 are not really common knowledge in the US, unless the place is a state capital or something else notable.

	arbitrarychoice:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 11:40 GMT		3 points
	I think you can have a good guess (if you're British at least) so that there's well over a 50% chance for each question. I guessed US if I'd heard of the US version, UK if I was familiar with the UK version and US if I wasn't really familiar with either.

	tomahaha:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 12:19 GMT		1 point
	But a quiz of 10 places would be pretty dull? It's not like it's all that difficult to change one letter of your answer if you are not sure of the answer, it wasn't supposed to be "easy".

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	tomahaha:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 14:29 GMT		3 points
	OK, let me agree with you to a point, but here's the point. The State is spelled out. If you never heard of it then you can guess it's probably pretty small, hell MOST of these towns on both sides of the pond are pretty small. You give it a quick but educated guess and if wrong change the K to an S (or vice-versa), pretty simple stuff, this isn't rocket science and absolutely nobody is expected to know them all. I found it kind of interesting to see some of these names that were the same, example, I used to live in Philly, I had no idea Bryn Mawr (another small suburb) was named after a Welsh small town, and that's the idea here. Maybe it's just me who found this "somewhat" interesting???

	Pit_trout:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 14:36 GMT		3 points
	I for one, having lived in both the UK and US, liked this and found it interesting. One thing I wondered, though: is this selection arbitrary, or are these (in some ranking) the largest shared placenames, or something? (I guess not completely, since you used Rochester MN, not NY.)

	tomahaha:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 14:57 GMT		0 points
	What I did... I used two or three really large maps of England/Wales/etc and jotted down names of US towns I either knew of or assumed were likely to be found in the states. Then I looked up the populations (sorry, I know many frown on wiki but it was the easiest and didn't matter TOO much) then I tried to find towns that were close if possible. Rochester New York is actually where I live, but while not big is obviously bigger than our English counterpart, Rochester Minnesota is also bigger but hey, fewer know about that town so it was more of a guess (or so I thought) same thing with Richmond Indiana, everyone knows Richmond VA is going to be larger. I also ignored the really huge differences, any city in the States named London is obviously smaller, same with Bristol and several others.

	gowhere:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 15:11 GMT		2 points
	I liked the quiz, taken as intended, and learned a bit at the same time - did you mean to say Braintree rather than Baintree?

	tomahaha:	Nov 11th, 2010 at 15:18 GMT		0 points
	typo, yes!

	aaaandrew:	Nov 12th, 2010 at 02:23 GMT		-1 points
	new jersey actually has like 8 million people, not 8 thousand. youre a little off

	tomahaha:	Nov 15th, 2010 at 13:59 GMT		1 point
	Uhhh, New Jersey isn't on the list. It was a list of towns/cities against each other, no states were selected. What are you speaking of?

	tomahaha:	Nov 15th, 2010 at 14:04 GMT		1 point
	I just had to figure out what aaaandrew was talking about, Margate in England vs Margate in New Jersey, not the tiny town of Margate England vs the entire state of New Jersey! I suggest you try reading the directions before playing, I STRONGLY suggest you read the directions before posting!

	ribbo:	Apr 23rd, 2012 at 21:00 GMT		1 point
	This quiz is CRAZY!!! 1. New York has over 15 million people, not 60,000 2. New Jersey has almost 8 million people not 8,000 3. Massachusetts has more than 34,000 people PLUS THERE ARE A LOT MORE MISTAKES The UK Places have the right popukation but the US States are WAY Off!!!

	Ubbiebubbie:	Dec 30th, 2012 at 21:08 GMT		1 point
	@ribbo: No. Just as was previously said, the town names are the same. In Dover, England vs. Delaware, it is asking which is larger; Dover, England or Dover, Delaware. @tomahaha: Why not take wrong answers? The way it is, everyone can get 100%. If there are wrong answers, people can use their preexisting knowledge and build on it.