Cities and towns as puzzle pieces

guess city shapes puzzle

Here's something to burn off the rest of your Friday afternoon:

Can you guess Capital Region cities or towns by their geographic shape?

A handful are after the jump.

Answers are under each shape. Highlight the whited-out text between | like this |.

guess_the_city_shape_troy.png

|_______ Troy _______|

guess_the_city_shape_colonie.png

|______ Colonie _____|

guess_the_city_shape_albany.png

|______ Albany ______|

guess_the_city_shape_ballston.png

|_____ Ballston _____|

guess_the_city_shape_saratoga.png

|_ Saratoga Springs _|

guess_the_city_shape_ngbush.png

|_ North Greenbush __|

guess_the_city_shape_princetown.png

|____ Princetown ____|

guess_the_city_shape_schdy.png

|____ Schenectady ___|


Shapes adapted from files on Wikimedia: Albany County | Rensselaer County | Saratoga County | Schenectady County.

Comments

This makes my brain hurt, not a good friday exercise for me

I got the first three right off. Good for me.

wow map of schenectady kinda resembles new york state map!

Actually I think Schenectady looks like a scary pig beast attacking. And Albany looks like WC Fields with a tall hat. Is this like cloud watching?

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