title: Best way to get list of state-level places (google places api)
body: <p>I'm currently working a project with the requirement to get a list of state-level places. I've tried the following two APIs but none of them can 100% meet the requirement:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Google Autocomplete API. In order to get rid off the detailed street-level places I passed <code>types: [&quot;(regions)&quot;]</code> which is OK from business' point of view (even though only state-level would be perfect, but city-level is still OK). However when user search for <code>Washington, USA</code> the API only returns 5 cities named Washington, and user have to search for <code>WA, USA</code> instead.</li>
  <li>Google Places API. This API can successfully handle the <code>Washington</code> case above. However I couldn't find a way to restrict the API to get rid off the street-level places, unless I filter the returned places by the <code>types</code> attribute.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Does anyone know what is the best API to use for this scenario?</p>