those are called .us locality domains. ci.<locality name>.<state>.us is assigned to the city, there are several other similarly non-obvious assignments, anyone

those are called .us locality domains. ci.<locality name>.<state>.us is assigned to the city, there are several other similarly non-obvious assignments, anyone is permitted to register one. I found this page that talks about it more: http://telecafe.org/smw/.US_Locality_Domains http://telecafe.org/smw/.US_Locality_Domains