<font face="georgia,serif">I agree. Once we have a city in that zone, let's leave it be.</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia,serif"></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif">BTW, I don't think a city can ever 'leave' a zone. The zone could split, but part of it would still contain the city (assuming no disaster that wipes the city away completely).</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif">Take a hypothetical: let's suppose that Southern California seceded from the United States. Even in that situation I think what should happen is something like:</font></div>
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</font><font face="georgia, serif">Mark<br><br><i>— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —</i></font><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 14:00, Philip Newton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip.newton@gmail.com">philip.newton@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 22:57, Paul Eggert <<a href="mailto:eggert@cs.ucla.edu">eggert@cs.ucla.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> But capitals change too (for example, Kazakhstan). No naming principle<br>
> will work everywhere, and it's probably better to stick with the principles<br>
> that we have. The question here is when one principle (use the most-populous city)<br>
> should override another one (avoid name changes). It's not a slam-dunk case<br>
> either way, which is why I asked for further comments.<br>
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</div>FWIW, I'd favour the "avoid name changes" principle.<br>
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There are a number of zones which have "the wrong" name (typically<br>
this means "not the current capital"). As long as the city stays in<br>
the zone, I'd tend to keep it.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Philip<br>
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Philip Newton <<a href="mailto:philip.newton@gmail.com">philip.newton@gmail.com</a>><br>
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