public class Person
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [ForeignKey("BornInCityId")]
        public virtual City BornInCity { get; set; }
        public int BornInCityId { get; set; }
    }

    public class City
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }

        public virtual ICollection<Person> People { get; set; }
    }

    public class MyContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<City> Cities { get; set; }
        public DbSet<Person> People { get; set; }
    }

    public class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<MyContext>
    {
        public Configuration()
        {
            AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
            AutomaticMigrationDataLossAllowed = true;
        }

        protected override void Seed(MyContext context)
        {
            var city1 = new City { Name = "city-1" };
            var city2 = new City { Name = "city-2" };
            context.Cities.Add(city1);
            context.Cities.Add(city2);

            var person1 = new Person { Name = "user-1", BornInCity = city1 };
            var person2 = new Person { Name = "user-2", BornInCity = city1 };
            context.People.Add(person1);
            context.People.Add(person2);

            base.Seed(context);
        }
    }

    public static class Test
    {
        public static void RunTests()
        {
            Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<MyContext, Configuration>());

            using (var context = new MyContext())
            {
                var peopleAndCitiesList = from person in context.People
                           join city in context.Cities
                           on person.BornInCityId equals city.Id
                           select new
                           {
                              PersonName = person.Name,
                              CityName = city.Name
                           };

                foreach (var item in peopleAndCitiesList)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("{0}:{1}", item.PersonName, item.CityName);
                }
            }
        }
    }

SELECT 
          [Extent1].[BornInCityId] AS [BornInCityId], 
          [Extent1].[Name] AS [Name], 
          [Extent2].[Name] AS [Name1]
FROM  [dbo].[People] AS [Extent1]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[Cities] AS [Extent2] ON [Extent1].[BornInCityId] = [Extent2].[Id]

var peopleAndCitiesList = context.People
                                  .Select(person => new
                                                         {
                                                             PersonName = person.Name,
                                                             CityName = person.BornInCity.Name
                                                         });

var citiesList = context.Cities.OrderByDescending(x => x.People.Count());
foreach (var item in citiesList)
{
    Console.WriteLine("{0}", item.Name);
}

SELECT 
[Project1].[Id] AS [Id], 
[Project1].[Name] AS [Name]
FROM ( SELECT 
        [Extent1].[Id] AS [Id], 
        [Extent1].[Name] AS [Name], 
        (SELECT 
                COUNT(1) AS [A1]
                FROM [dbo].[People] AS [Extent2]
                WHERE [Extent1].[Id] = [Extent2].[BornInCityId]) AS [C1]
        FROM [dbo].[Cities] AS [Extent1]
)  AS [Project1]
ORDER BY [Project1].[C1] DESC

 var peopleAndCitiesList = context.Cities
                                     .Select(city => new
                                                 {
                                                     InUseCount = city.People.Count(),
                                                     CityName = city.Name
                                                 });

foreach (var item in peopleAndCitiesList)
{
     Console.WriteLine("{0}:{1}", item.CityName, item.InUseCount);
}

SELECT 
[Extent1].[Id] AS [Id], 
(SELECT 
        COUNT(1) AS [A1]
        FROM [dbo].[People] AS [Extent2]
        WHERE [Extent1].[Id] = [Extent2].[BornInCityId]) AS [C1], 
[Extent1].[Name] AS [Name]
FROM [dbo].[Cities] AS [Extent1]