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Map Hunter - US Cities

Click and drag the city pin to the correct place on the US map! Get up to four points per city depending on how close you are.
The answers change each time.
Do NOT skip cities. You MUST go in order!
You may put pins down safely 200 miles from the target city.
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Dimby
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Last updated: April 22, 2025
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First submittedMarch 31, 2025
Times taken83,963
Average score63.3%
Rating4.61
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San Francisco
San Francisco Ballpark
San Francisco Far
San Francisco Close
San Francisco Bullseye
 
Irvine
Irvine Ballpark
Irvine Far
Irvine Close
Irvine Bullseye
 
Omaha
Omaha Ballpark
Omaha Far
Omaha Close
Omaha Bullseye
Norfolk
Norfolk Ballpark
Norfolk Far
Norfolk Close
Norfolk Bullseye
 
Long Beach
Long Beach Ballpark
Long Beach Far
Long Beach Close
Long Beach Bullseye
 
Buffalo
Buffalo Ballpark
Buffalo Far
Buffalo Close
Buffalo Bullseye
Chula Vista
Chula Vista Ballpark
Chula Vista Far
Chula Vista Close
Chula Vista Bullseye
 
Charlotte
Charlotte Ballpark
Charlotte Far
Charlotte Close
Charlotte Bullseye
 
Stockton
Stockton Ballpark
Stockton Far
Stockton Close
Stockton Bullseye
San Diego
San Diego Ballpark
San Diego Far
San Diego Close
San Diego Bullseye
 
Savannah
Savannah Ballpark
Savannah Far
Savannah Close
Savannah Bullseye
 
Rochester
Rochester Ballpark
Rochester Far
Rochester Close
Rochester Bullseye
New York
New York Ballpark
New York Far
New York Close
New York Bullseye
 
Spokane
Spokane Ballpark
Spokane Far
Spokane Close
Spokane Bullseye
 
Charleston
Charleston Ballpark
Charleston Far
Charleston Close
Charleston Bullseye
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101 Recent Comments
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Level 63
Apr 1, 2025
Most randomized quizzes are repetitive when replayed, at least for me. This one is one of the few that is not. Thank you for making this!
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Level 83
Apr 1, 2025
Thanks!
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Level 60
Apr 1, 2025
Great quiz!
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Level 73
Apr 1, 2025
Super fun! It doesn't handle duplicate cities very well, though. You can put the pin right on Charleston, WV and be barely within the circle to get minimum points for Charleston, SC (as an example)
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Level 83
Apr 1, 2025
Ah, that’d be an issue. The rule of thumb for quizzes like this is always assume it’s the most populous city. I suppose I could add another caveat… 🤔
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Level 30
May 20, 2025
ik I thought Peoria AZ was Peoria IL
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Level 55
Jun 5, 2025
I thought Fayetteville, NC was Fayetteville, AR
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Level 70
Nov 18, 2025
For me it was Lexington MA (KY) and Augusta ME (GA).
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Level 70
Nov 18, 2025
Yeah, isn't the Arkansas one bigger than the NC one? Couldn't understand why it wouldn't let me drop a pin, never heard of the NC town
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Level 83
Jun 5, 2025
Luckily the quiz doesn't penalize you when the city is in multiple states. You just have to switch to the other one!
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Level 67
Nov 18, 2025
Charleston recently overtook Columbia as SC's largest city, and there's no way Charleston, WV is growing.
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Level 57
Apr 1, 2025
It was really weird seeing my home city on a quiz like this, excellent quiz I hope this gets featured ASAP
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Level 16
Apr 1, 2025
whoops, I failed! but playing a quiz by dimby is a win in my book🥴
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Level 66
Apr 2, 2025
Is it possible to get Spokane? I can’t seem to drag the pin north enough though it may be that I just don’t know entirely where it is.
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Level 83
Apr 2, 2025
Oh, that’s a problem…
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Level 68
Apr 7, 2025
Yeah just had the same problem
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Level 83
Apr 17, 2025
Alrighty, fixed it up.
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Level 42
Apr 5, 2025
58 first try, only got close on fresno and waco
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Level 83
Apr 5, 2025
Wow, that’s great!
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Level 90
Apr 17, 2025
Peoria seemed... weird.

I only knew of the Peoria in Illinois, so when I dragged the pin there and it didn't take, I wasn't sure what to do. I eventually ended up just dragging it all over the map randomly until I eventually got close enough that it was accepted.

My first thought was that it might be nice to indicate that it is, e.g. "Peoria, AZ" to differentiate it from "Peoria, IL." Although I totally understand why you would not want to do this. I'm not sure what a good solution is, though.

Although perhaps your take is just: "That's no different from you not knowing where a city is at all, and what you did is what I expect people to do." i.e.: "Yup. Working as intended."

If that's the case, then: fair! Just felt strange to me. At first I thought I'd done something to break the quiz.

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Level 83
Apr 17, 2025
Oh. This is a weird case. My rule was to always use the most populous city. The problem here is that Peoria Arizona is more populous but is far less known because it’s a suburb of Phoenix. Hmmm. I might change it to Illinois when I get a chance.

And yes, I did decide to never put the state since it kinda defeats the purpose of the quiz. I probably should have avoided either Peoria since they’re somewhat similar in size.

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Level 58
Nov 18, 2025
yes, on my first attempt I spent a good 3 mins putting my pin down in Peoria then just moving it around. I refreshed the quiz because I thought it was frozen

everyone knows Peoria IL so I suggest changing

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Level 82
Dec 30, 2025
So, can you update Peoria? Because While Arizona may be more popular, it is far less known. If you Google "Peoria" it defaults to Illinois, and the one in Arizona is just a suburb of Phoenix, which is itself a huge city. Or if you don't want to make it Illinois, I suggest removing it all together to avoid confusion.
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Level 62
Apr 18, 2025
I am getting nothing done because of this one!
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Level 83
Apr 18, 2025
Muah ha ha ha! This has been my plan all along! I’m a North Korean coder who’s trying to make America less productive. Muah ha ha!
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Level 89
Apr 18, 2025
This honestly might be my favorite quiz I’ve ever taken. My only critique is that Fayetteville, AR has a bigger urban area than Fayetteville, NC, but it doesn’t overlap, so you can figure it out.
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Level 83
Apr 18, 2025
It looks like NC’s Fayetteville is over 200,000 and Arkansas’s is a bit over 100,000.
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Level 87
Apr 21, 2025
Amazing quiz! Didn't fully grasp the scoring or how to read the result table, but now I get it. So far, 55 is the best I've done. Gonna re-take a few more times.

Nommed!!!!!!!!!!

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Level 63
Apr 22, 2025
Can you add the state names? There are multiple cities named Buffalo.
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Level 83
Apr 22, 2025
No, it defeats the purpose of the quiz. There is one Buffalo with a population over 250,000 and the next closest is about 15,000. It’s obvious which one this quiz is asking for.
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Level 89
Apr 22, 2025
Question - in the explanation, do you mean you'll get "four" points for a bullseye? I think there's a spelling error, but I'm not sure if I'm just misreading the sentence.
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Level 83
Apr 22, 2025
Good lord, I can’t believe I made that spelling error. Thanks for pointing it out. 😂
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Level 49
Apr 22, 2025
ooh very cool quiz love it!
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Level 83
Apr 22, 2025
Thanks!
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Level 74
Apr 22, 2025
Fun quiz! Hope it gets featured!
+2
Level 63
Apr 24, 2025
represent alaska on the eastern seaboard please
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Level 83
Apr 24, 2025
But there's no Alaskan cities here!
+1
Level 60
Apr 30, 2025
Really fun quiz. 51/60 first try.
+3
Level 44
May 5, 2025
Great quiz but maybe should specify state? I got Aurora and was confused when it didn't activate when I put it at Aurora, IL
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Level 42
May 8, 2025
100%!!!!!
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Level 83
May 8, 2025
🎉🎉🎉
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Level 46
May 19, 2025
100%! Best Quiz On JetPunk!
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Level 83
May 19, 2025
Nice score. Thanks, but I don’t know about “best”. Let’s not forget the OG quiz, Countries of the World! And, you know, the quizzes that actually have an original SVG map…
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Level 79
May 20, 2025
there seems to be a bug, it stops working everytime Arlington comes up
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Level 83
May 20, 2025
After painstakingly refreshing the page until Arlington came up, I’ve concluded that there doesn’t seem to be a bug?
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Level 71
Nov 18, 2025
I had this issue too. May I ask which Arlington? I assumed Arlington, VA because I live on the East Coast. Never would my mind have jumped to Arlington, TX if that's what it was.
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Level 67
May 31, 2025
Great quiz, but I suggest maybe changing Peoria...Thought it was referring to the Illinois one. Great quiz though thanks for making!
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Level 78
Sep 1, 2025
Yeah, there are a few cities I was between states on (Gainesville, Florida or Georgia and Charleston, WV or SC) though ultimately those weren’t very hard to choose between. But I didn’t even know there was a Peoria, Arizona until I saw this comment. I thought it was a bug so I ended the quiz.
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Level 83
Sep 1, 2025
Maybe I’ll switch it to the other Peoria since it seems more well known.
+1
Level 55
Jun 30, 2025
AAAAAAH I WAS THIS CLOSE 59/60 AFTER LIKE MY 192838821 ATTEMPT 😭😭
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Level 55
Jul 1, 2025
Finally I did it!
+1
Level 83
Jul 1, 2025
Way to go! This is pretty dang hard to even get 59.
+1
Level 34
Jul 23, 2025
Was ez again
+1
Level 72
Jul 29, 2025
This having only 15,000 takes is criminal, hope it gets Featured real soon

almost 140 noms, so close :D

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Level 83
Jul 29, 2025
One day! 15,000 was my total take count not that long ago… 15,000 is pretty good for one quiz!
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Level 72
Sep 1, 2025
Today is the day!
+4
Level 73
Sep 1, 2025
Would be nice to specify which Augusta (and maybe which Columbus) you are looking for.
+1
Level 83
Sep 1, 2025
Yes, maybe I can come up with something creative that doesn’t involve just giving the state… 🤔
+1
Level 65
Sep 1, 2025
Never thought I'd see Worcester on a JetPunk quiz!
+5
Level 92
Sep 1, 2025
Aurora comes up as a wrong answer for Aurora, Illinois. How are we supposed to know it means the less well known Aurora, Colorado?
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Level 92
Sep 1, 2025
Ditto Peoria, Illinois not registering as a correct answer. Outside of a few JetPunkers and people in the Phoenix area probably nobody has heard of Peoria, Arizona.
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Level 79
Sep 1, 2025
Having cities like Peoria and Arlington which are both large cities in 2 different states is a bit confusing. Which one do you want? Illinois or Arizona? Virginia or Texas?
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Level 68
Sep 2, 2025
Love the quiz, but I was having some problems with functionality. Sometimes the pin wouldn't drop for some reason, until I moved it to a location that I knew was farther away from where it should be. 🤷‍♂️
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Level 83
Sep 2, 2025
Oh that’s really weird. Do you know what cities those were?
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Level 92
Sep 3, 2025
Anything in southern Texas is hard to drop and pause before moving it into the U.S. I can't drag it in one swipe so have to stop and resume. When stopping with the point all the way at the bottom of the screen deep in Mexico it assumes that's where I want to put for example Brownsville and Laredo.

Same with Gainesville far east of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Level 92
Sep 3, 2025
I think I got the hang of it. I thought dropping it anywhere inside the U.S. would automatically register as an answer. Apparently I could swoop Laredo way up to Minnesota and be safe. It only registers within the broadest circle (as per the instructions).

Awesomely challenging quiz.

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Level 68
Nov 18, 2025
Okay - so today was different. My pin placement would not be accepted until I got it close enough. Seemed to do that for every city. Weird. I still love the quiz concept though.
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Level 70
Sep 5, 2025
Since when is Peoria not in Illinois?
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Level 82
Sep 11, 2025
For me it is hanging with Aurora
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Level 28
Sep 24, 2025
Good quiz. Only complaint is I was confused when Fayetteville didn't pin in Arkansas and I assumed there was an issue with the quiz. Did not know that there was a Fayetteville in NC until I opened the comments.
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Level 58
Oct 22, 2025
great quiz, felt so good to get a perfect
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Level 52
Nov 17, 2025
I agree with the other comments, I put Charleston, WV. Otherwise I would’ve got a 60!…
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Level 68
Nov 18, 2025
Can you add states for some of the cities with multiple options? Certainly, Fayetteville, AR is well-known enough that people would try to put it there. I know I did. I thought something was wrong with the quiz and gave up. Aurora is another one I saw with two viable states. (Illinois and Colorado.)
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Level 69
Nov 18, 2025
Cool and unique quiz
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Level 62
Nov 18, 2025
Great quiz, cheers. It doesn't work in Chrome on Windows 11, for some reason; I just see a white rectangle with no pin or city name. It's fine in Edge.
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Level 62
Nov 18, 2025
Working in Chrome now, actually.
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Level 83
Nov 18, 2025
Must be a cloud flare issue!
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Level 62
Nov 18, 2025
Have noticed it goes blank if you press the down arrow on the keyboard; I guess it was that.
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Level 52
Nov 18, 2025
Nitpick alert!

San Francisco is slightly in the ocean. This means that if you place in just a smidge to the east of its actual location- it’s in ‘close’ instead of ‘bullseye.’ Don’t expect you to change this awesome map but just letting it be known.

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Level 66
Nov 18, 2025
this took a frustratingly long amount of time to get 100%
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Level 58
Nov 18, 2025
probably took about 15 attempts to get 100 since some of the bubbles were extremely nitpicky, while others were pretty lenient

my first attempt I got a 57/60 thanks to Fresno being more north than I expected though

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Level 70
Nov 19, 2025
Got a 59/60 first try, just narrowly missed Fresno for the same reason as you. The cities chosen aren't that hard other than Amarillo and Fresno since there's usually ocean/state borders close by to help
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Level 68
Nov 18, 2025
Pin isn't working.... :(
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Level 61
Nov 18, 2025
Is it not working for me or am I stupid? I can put the pin of a city I don't know the location of anywhere on the map and nothing happens but then after a random amount of time the quiz is done without the whole timer being done. Am I doing something wrong?
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Level 83
Nov 18, 2025
The pin only activates when you’re within a hundred miles or so from the answer. That way you can put the pin down safely. Unfortunately, that also means you have to just randomly move the pin around until you get at least the outer ring if you don’t know where a city is.
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Level 74
Nov 18, 2025
Kind of impossible to do on mobile
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Level 83
Nov 18, 2025
I got a 40!
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Level 59
Nov 21, 2025
You should specify which Arlington- Arlington VA is a major city
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Level 17
Dec 4, 2025
I didn't do this quiz!!!̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\з= ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) =ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿
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Level 42
Dec 11, 2025
So there's a Gainesville in Texas, Georgia, and Florida. The one I am most familiar with is in Georgia because I lived in Georgia. I'm sure for Texans it would be the one in Texas and for Floridians it would be the one in Florida. Not sure that one is exactly fair.
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Level 67
Jan 12, 2026
Wow, amazing quiz, Dimby!
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Level 66
Jan 27, 2026
Really good, and really mean! You are so tricky!
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Level 78
Feb 3, 2026
Getting Henderson AND Vegas in the same quiz was nice.
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Level 52
Mar 6, 2026
I got Chula Vista and San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose, and Durham and Raleigh
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Level 35
Feb 13, 2026
I got a 67% lol
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Level 56
Mar 8, 2026
augusta and portland should be in maine. not a joke theyre just the better ones
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Level 66
Apr 1, 2026
I thought Charleston was referring to the capital of WV bruh
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Level 19
Apr 21, 2026
Most folks would associate Peoria with Illinois, not the Phoenix suburb. Even if the latter is more populous.
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Level 57
Apr 21, 2026
Stockton mentioned
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Level 64
Apr 24, 2026
Arlington, Texas mentioned?!
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Level 62
May 5, 2026
Can you add the caveat about two cities with the same name? Charleston WV and Charleston SC can screw people up