Database: Foreign keys or denormalized tables for immutable data?

Normalization" doesn't mean "replace names with id numbers". You should hunt down whoever taught you that, and poke them in the eye with your finger. (Or better yet, both eyes.

Two fingers.).

A normalized database will, in addition to your points, standardize the naming of the cities. However, then you need to populate your city table with all the cities in the world. Otherwise, you'll end up with something like New York and New-York.

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