Budget Desk
Say it out loud. The city answers. One fiscal year as budget chief. The departments and the dollars are from a real adopted budget. You pick a persona, you write the line, and the mayor, the overnight columnist, and the person who lives there throw it back at you. Some of them can end your season.
Jakarta, Indonesia FY2026 · pop. 10,881,514 IDR74.29T Republic of Singapore FY2026 · pop. 6,111,200 SGD137.32B New York City FY2027 · pop. 8,258,035 $117.79B Bangkok, Thailand FY2026 · pop. 5,422,568 THB92.7B City of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines FY2026 · pop. 1,846,513 ₱25B San Francisco FY2027 · pop. 808,988 $19.34B Chicago FY2026 · pop. 2,664,452 $14.8B Houston FY2027 · pop. 2,314,157 $9.25B Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines FY2026 · pop. 425,758 ₱7.56B Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines FY2025 · pop. 728,117 ₱6.65B Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines FY2025 · pop. 351,437 ₱3.6B City of Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines FY2025 · pop. 600,609 ₱3.54B San Antonio FY2026 · pop. 1,495,295 $2.59B Nashville FY2027 · pop. 687,788 $1.89B Denver FY2027 · pop. 716,577 $1.6B Jacksonville FY2026 · pop. 985,843 $1.3B Fort Worth FY2026 · pop. 978,468 $1.11B Charlotte FY2026 · pop. 911,311 $943.5M City of West Covina, California FY2026 · pop. 105,301 $148.43M Town of Salem, New Hampshire FY2026 · pop. 31,868 $75.84M