def find_matching_states(places_to_geocode, city_to_match):
"""Create a list of each state we found a geocoder result matching our city."""
geocoding_results = [geocode_address(place) for place in places_to_geocode]
matching_states = []
for result in geocoding_results:
_geocode_had_matching_state = (
result is not None and
result.city == city_to_match)
if _geocode_had_matching_state:
matching_states.append(result.state)
return matching_states