diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26d33521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/.name b/.idea/.name
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb67bab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.name
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ListyCity
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diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61a9130c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
+    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="1.8" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/jarRepositories.xml b/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5f05cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="RemoteRepositoriesConfiguration">
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="central" />
+      <option name="name" value="Maven Central repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="jboss.community" />
+      <option name="name" value="JBoss Community repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/public/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="BintrayJCenter" />
+      <option name="name" value="BintrayJCenter" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://jcenter.bintray.com/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="Google" />
+      <option name="name" value="Google" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5d35ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" default="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectType">
+    <option name="id" value="Android" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityList.java b/app/src/main/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityList.java
index 6da242f3..159a30d8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityList.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityList.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 public class CityList {
     private List<City> cities = new ArrayList<>();
+    private int numberOfCitiesDeleted = 0;
 
     /**
      * This adds a city to the list if the city does not exist
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ public void delete(City city) {
         for (City c : cities) {
             if (c.compareTo(city) == 0){
                 cities.remove(c);
+                numberOfCitiesDeleted++;
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -77,4 +79,11 @@ public void delete(City city) {
     public int countCities() {
         return cities.size();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the total count of cities being removed
+     * @return
+     *      An integer representing the number of cities being deleted if any
+     */
+    public int countDeletedCities() { return numberOfCitiesDeleted; }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityListTest.java b/app/src/test/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityListTest.java
index 787eab7e..d61090c0 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityListTest.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/example/simpleparadox/listycity/CityListTest.java
@@ -93,4 +93,14 @@ void testCountCities() {
 
         assertEquals(1, cityList.countCities());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCountDeletedCities() {
+        CityList cityList = mockCityList();
+        cityList.add(new City("Ottawa", "ON"));
+        cityList.delete(cityList.getCities().get(0));
+        assertEquals(1, cityList.countDeletedCities());
+        cityList.delete(cityList.getCities().get(0));
+        assertEquals(2, cityList.countDeletedCities());
+    }
 }
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