But the biggest reason may be City's newfound moderation in the transfer window, which closes Aug. 31.
And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here.
Zabaleta, despite the heavy strapping to his head, was proving to be City's best player as the half-time whistle approached, that plaudit definitely not falling to club captain Tevez, who was off the pace.
Ms. Quinn, the City Council speaker who aspires to be the city's first female and openly gay mayor, has most frequently talked about her personal life.
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Next year, it seems likely that Alex Maskey, the first Sinn Fein member to be elected to Belfast City Council after the party dropped its policy of abstention in 1981, could be elected as the city's lord mayor.
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The Government's expectation is that only one new city will be created as a result of the diamond jubilee competition and, similarly, that only one existing city will be granted a lord mayoralty or lord provostship.
"Our new stadium will be something that everyone in the city of Cardiff will be proud of, and this agreement ensures that professional sport within the city and indeed far beyond can be seen to be prospering side by side, " said Ridsdale.
Belfast Zoo will be closed to the public and there will be no city hall tours.
Wymering Manor in Portsmouth is thought to be the city's oldest house but has fallen into disrepair.
Detroit could be the city to buck this trend, with its well-documented urban decay, its abundant broken windows.
Comedian Billy Connolly and author Stuart MacBride have backed Aberdeen's bid to be UK City of Culture in 2017.
The goal is to be a city that can birth companies that stay and grow and make everyone better off.
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The people behind the unsuccessful bids for two Essex towns to be awarded city status said they were delighted for the winners.
Paul Jewell's side were not at their best but they rarely needed to be as City's defence repeatedly came to their aid.
With a population of approximately 400, 000, Yuhuan County is about one-half the size of Yizheng and has yet to be granted city status.
The comptroller, who aspires to be the city's first Asian-American chief executive, said he didn't know whether federal investigators are continuing to pursue him.
But within two to three years, we'll be going city to city by just shooting people out to space and straight back down again.
It seemed to be a city on a hill, with unsteady buildings teetering up its sides, a body of water lapping at its base.
Hughes will be disappointed City were not more prolific in front of goal, but the return leg at Oakwell on 31 July should be a formality.
The deal is set to be the city's biggest initial public offering so far this year and could spark more IPOs, although some fund managers said they are skeptical about the deal.
Derry, which will be UK City of Culture 2013, was a late confirmation on the shortlist after the Ulster Council of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann reversed its previous decision not to support the bid.
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Cork City do not own their home ground of Turners Cross, which is the property of the Munster FA, leaving the option of a new team to be created to replace the soon to be defunct City.
Still, for all the alarms being raised, the mayor of Boston -- which forecasters expected would be the city hardest hit by the storm -- said he expected residents of his community and others to hunker down and weather the storm.
"In helping other folks, I'm also helping myself because, then, not having this thing that I kind of was very careful to keep to myself and a very small number of people, I don't have to worry about that anymore, " said Ms. Quinn, who aspires to be the city's first female and first openly gay mayor.
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But others, such as the right to go about the city with a drawn sword, the right to be hanged by a silken rope, the right to drive sheep over London Bridge, the right to be drunk and disorderly in the City, the right to be married in St Paul's Cathedral and buried with the City, may always have been in the realms of folklore.
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The ideal city must be a vital, contemporary city, one that combines history with an energy and vitality.
Conservative MSP Nanette Milne said there were so many exciting opportunities for the city which could be unlocked by the city garden project.
Over time, as these partnerships grew, expanded fiber capacity could be installed once by the city or the partnership and be shared by many different private companies as well as the city.
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"It may be more expensive as a total cost, but the portion of the cost paid by the city would not be as great, " the city's attorney, Eric Rundbaken, replied at the May 2012 hearing.
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