XPost: rec.puzzles   
   From: rjh@cpax.org.uk   
      
   On 08/09/2025 16:51, James Dow Allen wrote:   
   >   
   > James Dow Allen  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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