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## Bladeburner.getCityCommunities() method

Get number of communities in a city.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
getCityCommunities(name: string): number;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  name | string |  |

<b>Returns:</b>

number

Number of Synthoids communities in the specified city.

## Remarks

RAM cost: 4 GB

Returns the estimated number of Synthoid communities in the specified city, or -1 if an invalid city was specified.