Chicago has long been portrayed in Europe as a wide-open town, home to seamy politics, jazz music and gangsters.
New York was a wide-open town.
Corinth was a wide-open town, known for its ability to provide all sorts of entertainment.
But in the group's glory days, Los Angeles was a wide-open town.
Bill Ogden, the cagey narrator, who is by no means "most people," can go one of two ways in this wide-open town.
The influx of miners gave Butte a reputation as a wide-open town where any vice was obtainable.
Denver had a reputation as a wide-open town in the 1890s.
In the 1950's Canton was a wide-open town, with a red light district.
One would expect this in such a criminally wide-open town.
In the 1930's Kansas City was one of the most wide-open towns in the United States.