Best way to achieve the desired functionality is to use post_meta / custom field.
add_shortcode ('cities', 'show_cities');
function show_cities(){
/*
Create a custom field 'city' to save city name in page editor
*/
$city = get_post_meta( get_the_id(), 'city', true );
return $city;
}
Using an array can also do the work as under:
add_shortcode ('cities', 'show_cities');
function show_cities(){
/*
Create an array using Page_id as index, e.g.
$cities [ 'page_id' ] = "City Name";
*/
$cities [ 7 ] = "New York";
$cities [ 10 ] = "Alabama";
return $cities [ get_the_id() ];
}