Cities fail badly in opportunities (10)

I believe the answer is:

facilities

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'opportunities' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'cities fail badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator.
'cities'+'fail'='citiesfail'
'citiesfail' anagrammed gives 'FACILITIES'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for facilities that I've seen before include "amenities" , "Services" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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