# US city proxy guides: buy, set up and check city IPs

> MetroProxies guides: get a specific city IP, verify a proxy's city, sticky sessions, geolocation accuracy, local price and ad checks. No KYC, crypto.

- URL: https://metroproxies.com/guides/
- Last updated: 2026-10-18
- Publisher: MetroProxies (https://metroproxies.com)

Practical guides for working with residential IPs city by city: getting the right city, checking it, and using it for legitimate local checks.

**Quick answer — Where do I start with city-level proxies?**

Start with [how to get a proxy with a specific city IP](https://metroproxies.com/guides/proxy-with-specific-city-ip/), then [verify the city](https://metroproxies.com/guides/verify-proxy-city/) of the exit you get. **MetroProxies** includes city, state, ZIP and ASN targeting on every plan from $0.50/GB (October 2026). No KYC; crypto payments.

## How do I get and keep the right city?

- **[Proxy with a specific city IP](https://metroproxies.com/guides/proxy-with-specific-city-ip/)** — Five steps from a top-up to a verified exit in the city you need.
- **[Verify a proxy's city](https://metroproxies.com/guides/verify-proxy-city/)** — curl, Python and Node.js code that prints the city and ASN of each exit.
- **[Sticky sessions by city](https://metroproxies.com/guides/sticky-sessions-by-city/)** — Keep one IP per city for multi-step checks, and restart cleanly when it changes.

## How do I use city IPs well?

- **[IP geolocation accuracy](https://metroproxies.com/guides/ip-geolocation-accuracy/)** — Why databases place one IP in different cities, and how to test for your target.
- **[Local price checks](https://metroproxies.com/guides/local-price-checks/)** — Record public prices by city and ZIP code, store by store, at a polite rate.
- **[City-level ad checks](https://metroproxies.com/guides/city-level-ad-checks/)** — Preview tools first, then the landing page from a local IP, without adding clicks.

## What do these guides have in common?

They treat a city IP as a measuring tool, with three rules:

1. **Know what you measure.** Note the city, ZIP, store and IP with every result; a number without its place cannot be compared.
2. **Check the exit.** Geolocation is an estimate; verify it in the database your target uses.
3. **Stay within the rules.** Public pages, modest request rates, robots.txt and site terms respected, no clicks on ads, no logins you are not entitled to. MetroProxies blocks Banking, government and payment-portal sites, plus SMTP (email-sending) ports 25, 465 and 587.

The [city pages](https://metroproxies.com/cities/) give the local facts that matter for these checks: time zone, area codes, ZIP areas, providers, sales tax and the state privacy law.

## What else do people ask about the guides?

### Do you have guides for scraping at scale?

Our guides cover city-level checks. For large crawls, follow each site's robots.txt and terms, prefer official APIs and data feeds, and keep request rates low; the [acceptable use policy](https://metroproxies.com/acceptable-use/) applies.

### Can I suggest a guide?

Yes, write to support@metroproxies.com with the city-level task you want covered.

### Where is the code?

In the [docs](https://metroproxies.com/docs/): curl, Python and Node.js examples, each syntax-checked.

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MetroProxies: MetroProxies is a US residential proxy provider with city-level targeting, paid in crypto with no ID upload. Home IPs are requested by city, state, ZIP code or ISP network, with a page of local data for each of 181 US cities.