How many major cities have you been to?

[zach79]

I'm talking cities with at least a population over 100,000

Mine are:

Indianapolis, IN
Chicago, IL
Atlanta, GA
St. Louis, MO
Louisville, KY
Columbus, OH
Cincinatti, OH
Dayton, OH
Lexington, KY
Ft. Wayne, IN
Knoxville, TN
Chatanooga, TN
Gary, IN
Joliet, IL

This is a dream of mine to go to as many cities as possible.

I have a fascination with skylines of cities, just recently I have been taking pictures of these skylines, and when I get older I'm going to make a scrapbook.

So does anyone else share this interest?

 

[zach79]

BTW non-American cities count too.

 

[wolfie69]

Many Many Many

I have lost count... there are only 5 states I have not been to. Out of the 45 states and several provinces in Canada... I have been to just about every place over 100,000 people...

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Most of them.

I have to tell you something, though -- when your first city is Manhattan, the others don't really seem to count as "Big cities". When I was 20 I left the Northeast for the first time on a tour of show, and was astonished at how puny other skylines looked. Except for Chicago most cities had what seeemed to be a nest of big buildings all clustered together, and then some houses surrounded by highways. Nothing like Manhattan's skyline, which I had taken for granted as what a typcial cityscape was supposed to look like.

Since then I've come to appreciate other cities, of course, but I still haven't seen another skyline that impresses me as much as Manhattan's. Chicago's is nice, not just because it's big, but because it's distinctive. LA's downtown skyline feautres many very tall buildings, but there's nothing there that screams "LA". (For that you have to look at smaller buildings and the Hollywood sign.)

I understand Seattle's skyline is distincitve, but I've never been there.

 

[CoolidgEffect]

Here is my list of useless information.

New York city, NY 8,008,278 1
Los Angeles city, CA 3,694,820 2
Chicago city, IL 2,896,016 3
Philadelphia city, PA 1,517,550 5
Phoenix city, AZ 1,321,045 6
San Diego city, CA 1,223,400 7
Detroit city, MI 951,270 10
Indianapolis city (balance), IN 781,870 12
San Francisco city, CA 776,733 13
Jacksonville city, FL 735,617 14
Columbus city, OH 711,470 15
Baltimore city, MD 651,154 17
Memphis city, TN 650,100 18
Milwaukee city, WI 596,974 19
Boston city, MA 589,141 20
Washington city, DC 572,059 21
Seattle city, WA 563,374 23
Denver city, CO 554,636 24
Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 545,524 25
Charlotte city, NC 540,828 26
Portland city, OR 529,121 28
Tucson city, AZ 486,699 30
New Orleans city, LA 484,674 31
Cleveland city, OH 478,403 33
Albuquerque city, NM 448,607 35
Virginia Beach city, VA 425,257 38
Mesa city, AZ 396,375 42
Minneapolis city, MN 382,618 45
Miami city, FL 362,470 47
Colorado Springs city, CO 360,890 48
St. Louis city, MO 348,189 49
Pittsburgh city, PA 334,563 52
Cincinnati city, OH 331,285 54
Anaheim city, CA 328,014 55
Tampa city, FL 303,447 57
St. Paul city, MN 287,151 59
Raleigh city, NC 276,093 62
Lexington-Fayette, KY 260,512 64
Louisville city, KY 256,231 66
St. Petersburg city, FL 248,232 68
Norfolk city, VA 234,403 73
Greensboro city, NC 223,891 77
Madison city, WI 208,054 83
Fort Wayne city, IN 205,727 84
Scottsdale city, AZ 202,705 86
Chesapeake city, VA 199,184 90
Des Moines city, IA 198,682 92
Grand Rapids city, MI 197,800 93
Richmond city, VA 197,790 94
Tacoma city, WA 193,556 99
Orlando city, FL 185,951 104
Winston-Salem city, NC 185,776 107
Jackson city, MS 184,256 109
Little Rock city, AR 183,133 110
Salt Lake City city, UT 181,743 111
Reno city, NV 180,480 112
Newport News city, VA 180,150 113
Worcester city, MA 172,648 121
Tempe city, AZ 158,625 126
Ontario city, CA 158,007 128
Chattanooga city, TN 155,554 129
Fort Lauderdale city, FL 152,397 130
Springfield city, MA 152,082 131
Springfield city, MO 151,580 132
Rockford city, IL 150,115 136
Hampton city, VA 146,437 143
Aurora city, IL 142,990 147
Warren city, MI 138,247 154
Pasadena city, CA 133,936 159
Naperville city, IL 128,358 165
Alexandria city, VA 128,283 166
Sioux Falls city, SD 123,975 174
Cedar Rapids city, IA 120,758 181
Peoria city, IL 112,936 199
Springfield city, IL 111,454 201
South Bend city, IN 107,789 211
Joliet city, IL 106,221 217
Green Bay city, WI 102,313 229
Portsmouth city, VA 100,565 236

Toronto
London
Paris
Munich
Deusledorf
Rome
Milan
Florence
Bern
Brussels
Vienna

 

[medjay]

I've also been to most of them and I still haven't found one that I would consider relocating to. I think I'll be a Chicagoan for life.

 

[peachykeen]

NYC
Jersey City
Newark
Philadelphia
Baltimore
DC
Miami
London
Manchester
Newcastle
Edinborough
Paris
Florence
Madrid
Seville
Prague
Brno
Bratislava
Vienna
Amsterdam
Brussells

I think that might be it, I may have missed one or two. Am not counting Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago or any of the others I only slept overnight in because of cancelled flights.

 

[peachykeen]

oh wait - I forgot - Vega$, baby!

 

[LukkyKnight]

BTW non-American cities count too.

You're sure?

 

[Dillinger]

I've honestly lost count... a partial list, off the top of my head.

New York
Chicago
LA
Boston
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Atlanta
London
Mexico City
Toronto
Quebec
Montreal
Albany
Dallas
Austin
Phoenix
Boulder
Orlando
Fort Lauderdale
Washington DC
Raleigh
Buffalo

I don't know - maybe these aren't all major cities... whatever... there's a lot more but I'm tired of trying to think of them...

 

[Lasher]

Here, this might help. It's the Census Bureaus listing of the all US Cities with populations over 100,000 (239 of 'em).

New York city, NY 8,008,278 1
Los Angeles city, CA 3,694,820 2
Chicago city, IL 2,896,016 3
Houston city, TX 1,953,631 4
Philadelphia city, PA 1,517,550 5
Phoenix city, AZ 1,321,045 6
San Diego city, CA 1,223,400 7
Dallas city, TX 1,188,580 8
San Antonio city, TX 1,144,646 9
Detroit city, MI 951,270 10
San Jose city, CA 894,943 11
Indianapolis city (balance), IN 781,870 12
San Francisco city, CA 776,733 13
Jacksonville city, FL 735,617 14
Columbus city, OH 711,470 15
Austin city, TX 656,562 16
Baltimore city, MD 651,154 17
Memphis city, TN 650,100 18
Milwaukee city, WI 596,974 19
Boston city, MA 589,141 20
Washington city, DC 572,059 21
El Paso city, TX 563,662 22
Seattle city, WA 563,374 23
Denver city, CO 554,636 24
Nashville-Davidson (balance), TN 545,524 25
Charlotte city, NC 540,828 26
Fort Worth city, TX 534,694 27
Portland city, OR 529,121 28
Oklahoma City city, OK 506,132 29
Tucson city, AZ 486,699 30
New Orleans city, LA 484,674 31
Las Vegas city, NV 478,434 32
Cleveland city, OH 478,403 33
Long Beach city, CA 461,522 34
Albuquerque city, NM 448,607 35
Kansas City city, MO 441,545 36
Fresno city, CA 427,652 37
Virginia Beach city, VA 425,257 38
Atlanta city, GA 416,474 39
Sacramento city, CA 407,018 40
Oakland city, CA 399,484 41
Mesa city, AZ 396,375 42
Tulsa city, OK 393,049 43
Omaha city, NE 390,007 44
Minneapolis city, MN 382,618 45
Honolulu CDP, HI 371,657 46
Miami city, FL 362,470 47
Colorado Springs city, CO 360,890 48
St. Louis city, MO 348,189 49
Wichita city, KS 344,284 50
Santa Ana city, CA 337,977 51
Pittsburgh city, PA 334,563 52
Arlington city, TX 332,969 53
Cincinnati city, OH 331,285 54
Anaheim city, CA 328,014 55
Toledo city, OH 313,619 56
Tampa city, FL 303,447 57
Buffalo city, NY 292,648 58
St. Paul city, MN 287,151 59
Corpus Christi city, TX 277,454 60
Aurora city, CO 276,393 61
Raleigh city, NC 276,093 62
Newark city, NJ 273,546 63
Lexington-Fayette, KY 260,512 64
Anchorage city, AK 260,283 65
Louisville city, KY 256,231 66
Riverside city, CA 255,166 67
St. Petersburg city, FL 248,232 68
Bakersfield city, CA 247,057 69
Stockton city, CA 243,771 70
Birmingham city, AL 242,820 71
Jersey City city, NJ 240,055 72
Norfolk city, VA 234,403 73
Baton Rouge city, LA 227,818 74
Hialeah city, FL 226,419 75
Lincoln city, NE 225,581 76
Greensboro city, NC 223,891 77
Plano city, TX 222,030 78
Rochester city, NY 219,773 79
Glendale city, AZ 218,812 80
Akron city, OH 217,074 81
Garland city, TX 215,768 82
Madison city, WI 208,054 83
Fort Wayne city, IN 205,727 84
Fremont city, CA 203,413 85
Scottsdale city, AZ 202,705 86
Montgomery city, AL 201,568 87
Shreveport city, LA 200,145 88
Lubbock city, TX 199,564 89
Chesapeake city, VA 199,184 90
Mobile city, AL 198,915 91
Des Moines city, IA 198,682 92
Grand Rapids city, MI 197,800 93
Richmond city, VA 197,790 94
Yonkers city, NY 196,086 95
Spokane city, WA 195,629 96
Augusta-Richmond County (balance), GA 195,182 97
Glendale city, CA 194,973 98
Tacoma city, WA 193,556 99
Irving city, TX 191,615 100
Huntington Beach city, CA 189,594 101
Modesto city, CA 188,856 102
Durham city, NC 187,035 103
Orlando city, FL 185,951 104
Boise City city, ID 185,787 105
Columbus city (balance), GA 185,781 106
Winston-Salem city, NC 185,776 107
San Bernardino city, CA 185,401 108
Jackson city, MS 184,256 109
Little Rock city, AR 183,133 110
Salt Lake City city, UT 181,743 111
Reno city, NV 180,480 112
Newport News city, VA 180,150 113
Chandler city, AZ 176,581 114
Laredo city, TX 176,576 115
Henderson city, NV 175,381 116
Knoxville city, TN 173,890 117
Amarillo city, TX 173,627 118
Providence city, RI 173,618 119
Chula Vista city, CA 173,556 120
Worcester city, MA 172,648 121
Oxnard city, CA 170,358 122
Dayton city, OH 166,179 123
Garden Grove city, CA 165,196 124
Oceanside city, CA 161,029 125
Tempe city, AZ 158,625 126
Huntsville city, AL 158,216 127
Ontario city, CA 158,007 128
Chattanooga city, TN 155,554 129
Fort Lauderdale city, FL 152,397 130
Springfield city, MA 152,082 131
Springfield city, MO 151,580 132
Santa Clarita city, CA 151,088 133
Salinas city, CA 151,060 134
Tallahassee city, FL 150,624 135
Rockford city, IL 150,115 136
Pomona city, CA 149,473 137
Paterson city, NJ 149,222 138
Overland Park city, KS 149,080 139
Santa Rosa city, CA 147,595 140
Syracuse city, NY 147,306 141
Kansas City city, KS 146,866 142
Hampton city, VA 146,437 143
Lakewood city, CO 144,126 144
Vancouver city, WA 143,560 145
Irvine city, CA 143,072 146
Aurora city, IL 142,990 147
Moreno Valley city, CA 142,381 148
Pasadena city, TX 141,674 149
Hayward city, CA 140,030 150
Brownsville city, TX 139,722 151
Bridgeport city, CT 139,529 152
Hollywood city, FL 139,357 153
Warren city, MI 138,247 154
Torrance city, CA 137,946 155
Eugene city, OR 137,893 156
Pembroke Pines city, FL 137,427 157
Salem city, OR 136,924 158
Pasadena city, CA 133,936 159
Escondido city, CA 133,559 160
Sunnyvale city, CA 131,760 161
Savannah city, GA 131,510 162
Fontana city, CA 128,929 163
Orange city, CA 128,821 164
Naperville city, IL 128,358 165
Alexandria city, VA 128,283 166
Rancho Cucamonga city, CA 127,743 167
Grand Prairie city, TX 127,427 168
Fullerton city, CA 126,003 169
Corona city, CA 124,966 170
Flint city, MI 124,943 171
Mesquite city, TX 124,523 172
Sterling Heights city, MI 124,471 173
Sioux Falls city, SD 123,975 174
New Haven city, CT 123,626 175
Topeka city, KS 122,377 176
Concord city, CA 121,780 177
Evansville city, IN 121,582 178
Hartford city, CT 121,578 179
Fayetteville city, NC 121,015 180
Cedar Rapids city, IA 120,758 181
Elizabeth city, NJ 120,568 182
Lansing city, MI 119,128 183
Lancaster city, CA 118,718 184
Fort Collins city, CO 118,652 185
Coral Springs city, FL 117,549 186
Stamford city, CT 117,083 187
Thousand Oaks city, CA 117,005 188
Vallejo city, CA 116,760 189
Palmdale city, CA 116,670 190
Columbia city, SC 116,278 191
El Monte city, CA 115,965 192
Abilene city, TX 115,930 193
North Las Vegas city, NV 115,488 194
Ann Arbor city, MI 114,024 195
Beaumont city, TX 113,866 196
Waco city, TX 113,726 197
Independence city, MO 113,288 198
Peoria city, IL 112,936 199
Inglewood city, CA 112,580 200
Springfield city, IL 111,454 201
Simi Valley city, CA 111,351 202
Lafayette city, LA 110,257 203
Gilbert town, AZ 109,697 204
Carrollton city, TX 109,576 205
Bellevue city, WA 109,569 206
West Valley City city, UT 108,896 207
Clearwater city, FL 108,787 208
Costa Mesa city, CA 108,724 209
Peoria city, AZ 108,364 210
South Bend city, IN 107,789 211
Downey city, CA 107,323 212
Waterbury city, CT 107,271 213
Manchester city, NH 107,006 214
Allentown city, PA 106,632 215
McAllen city, TX 106,414 216
Joliet city, IL 106,221 217
Lowell city, MA 105,167 218
Provo city, UT 105,166 219
West Covina city, CA 105,080 220
Wichita Falls city, TX 104,197 221
Erie city, PA 103,717 222
Daly City city, CA 103,621 223
Clarksville city, TN 103,455 224
Norwalk city, CA 103,298 225
Gary city, IN 102,746 226
Berkeley city, CA 102,743 227
Santa Clara city, CA 102,361 228
Green Bay city, WI 102,313 229
Cape Coral city, FL 102,286 230
Arvada city, CO 102,153 231
Pueblo city, CO 102,121 232
Cambridge city, MA 101,355 233
Westminster city, CO 100,940 234
San Buenaventura (Ventura) city, CA 100,916 235
Portsmouth city, VA 100,565 236
Livonia city, MI 100,545 237
Burbank city, CA 100,316 238
Athens-Clarke County (balance), GA 100,266 239

I would've been at a loss without this, lol. I found 31 on the list I've been to.

(Sorry for not tidying up the table, to big of a pain in the ass, lol)

 

[QuickDuck]

Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Perth
Adelaide
Vancouver
Seattle
Honolulu (not sure of the pop, but it might fit in)
Kuala Lumpur
London
Machester
Paris
Duesseldorf
Frankfurt
Singapore

 

[Lasher]

Here's a link to a page that has a zip file you can download with a listing of the 3000+ world cities with populations over 100,000

Link

 

[Dillinger]

I count 95 on Lasher's list that I've been too. Then add a handful of cities in Canada, Mexico and the UK and I'm easily over 100...

 

[HighSchoolJock]

somethings wrong with the definition of big/major city if cape coral, fl come up. we should redifne this to mean major metropolitan areas. with urban sprawl becoming more prevelant cities are losing their luster to "metro area"

 

[Tantanah]

Here in the US...

San Diego
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Houston
Phoenix
Oklahoma city
New York
Miami
Ft Lauderdale
Vegas

Many cities overseas.

 

[Sillyman]

Let's see

Birmingham
Atlanta
Chicago
Nashville
Chatanooga
Philadelphia

 

[Private Vasquez]

five

 

[tenyari]

If a major city is anywhere with a population over 100,000 I've probably been in a few hundred...

By my definition, that's a small city...

 

[Starfish]

Thank you Lasher, that really helped me out.

New Yorki, NY: Went to the Museum of Natural History and other..
Chicago, IL : Been there a bunch
Houston, TX: stopped and stayed there on a road trip out west
Philadelphia, PA: Historical trip
Phoenix, AZ: I was buying some meth.
Detroit, MI: Saw Lenny Kravitz up there, and that is where the airport is
San Jose, CA: I lived right next door to San Jose, in Palo Alto.
Indianapolis, IN: To see the Grateful Dead.
San Francisco, CA: went all over, I liked the park where the carousel is
Columbus, OH: I live in ohio and have shit loads of buds down there
Baltimore, MD: stayed at a friend's there (acky city)
Boston, MA: I am from New England, and been to Boston like 7 times
Washington, DC: Three times to see the Dead at RFK
El Paso, TX: Road trip
Denver, CO: See the Dead at Mile High Stadium
Charlotte, NC: To see the Dead
Portland, OR: Went up there to check it out during a week I was in Eugene to see the Dead.
Tucson, AZ 486,699 30
New Orleans, LA: Road trip out west
Las Vegas, NV: as a kid and to see the dead at Sam boyd
Cleveland, OH: Rock and Roll hall of fame... duh!
Albuquerque, NM: train trip
Kansas City, MO: Grew up living in Blue Springs, MO.
Atlanta, GA: Dead
Oakland, CA: Dead
Omaha, NE: This is where my dad is from. Grampy used to live there until he died.
Colorado Springs, CO: Stayed in that city on a trip out west... Garden of the Gods is nearby.
St. Louis, MO: Six Flags over Mid America, need i say more?
Pittsburgh, PA: Dead
Cincinnati, OH: Visited U of C
Toledo, OH: I live here
Buffalo, NY: Dead
Corpus Christi city, TX: Road trip... saw my first "real" ocean dolphin there
Newark, NJ: It's a cement hell, trust me.
Louisville, KY: Dead (Red River Gorge is nearby and cool)
Bakersfield, CA: I had no choice. It was pull into bakersfield at the Denny's and rest, or kill my boyfriend.
Baton Rouge, LA: Slept in my car by the swamp. Scary shit in the swamp.
Greensboro, NC: Dead
Rochester, NY: Spent the night in a hotel there, on my way up to New England
Fort Wayne, IN: Have relatives there.
Grand Rapids, MI: Vacation by the lake
Richmond, VA: As a kid with mom and dad
Boise, ID: Road trip
Jackson, MS: Uh, the caves and shit....
Salt Lake City, UT: The great salt lake is scary. If you are low on gas, you are fucked.
Reno, NV: I stayed at the Pink Flamingo on my way back from living out in California.
Providence, RI: Tis a pit. Went there on the way to Newport, RI, where the awesome mansions of the ultra rich of Gatsby's time.
Worcester, MA: I had friends there (it's pronounced Wooster.)
Dayton, OH... Drugs
Springfield, MA: I don't remember, ... something with the Girl Scouts when I lived in WIlliamstown MA.
Kansas City, KS: Born there.
Eugene, OR: Dead
New Haven, CT: Passed trough
Hartford, CT: Dead
Lansing, MI: Michigan State
Fort Collins, CO: Friend lived there
North Las Vegas city, NV: I just was there when I was in vegas
Ann Arbor, MI: I go there every year, to the Hash Bash, and my heart sits in a town nearby there... saline.
Independence, MO: I lived in Blue Springs, right by there, and that is where my mom's best friend lived.
South Bend, IN: My aunt lives here
Manchester, NH: Adam Sandler is from here. I lived in Nashua which is all of 15 minutes away.
Joliet, IL: Slept at a truckstop here.
Lowell, MA: uh, I can't remember.
Erie, PA, The turnpike runs through there.
Berkeley, CA: Visited the Campus of Berkeley. The grey squirrles will eat you if you don't give them nuts.
Cambridge, MA: I've got no idea, but I know I went there.

 

[Texan]

I found 121 cities on Lasher's list that I've been to... not just through.

Outside the U.S., the list would include most of the major cities in Canada, Central and South America and many of the major cities in southern and western Europe. Oh, and I lived in San Juan, PR for a few years and traveled all around the Lesser and Greater Antilles, but I'm not sure many of those cities meet the 100K requirement.

I've never been to eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa or the south Pacific.

For me, the travel was almost always work related.

 

[concrete]

STARFISH

MY kinda babe
too bad you didn't come to europe with me.
this list would be endless

 

[slvjenn]

OMG, only over 100k? This list could be endless...

I'll start with peachykeen's list

NYC
Jersey City
Newark
Philadelphia
Baltimore
DC
Miami
Las Vegas, NV
Atlanta
Greensboro
Rahleigh (sp?)
Richmond
Norfolk
Jackson, MS
San Diego
LA
Oakland
Portland WA
Seatle

Outside US

Japan

Tokyo
Shinagawa
Shinjuku
Yokohama
Fukuoka
Bebu (hot springs rock)
umm..whatever city the olympics were in....can't remember
Kagashima (volcano)
Yokosuka

Korea

Pusan
Seol
Inchan
about 10 others but i can't remember all the names

Australia

Townsvile
Sydney
Adilade (sp?)
Hobart (loved that place)
Albany (maybe not 100k people)
Perth
Darwin

Others

Singapore
Hong Kong
Jakarta
Manila

Some others....oh well that's enough

 

[Soblue]

Damn LA got way out in front of Chicago in the last census report!

I've been to probably 30 or 40 big cities? Maybe more.
The highlights have been
Rome
Venice
Florence
Paris
Amsterdam
Las Vegas
L.A.
San Diego
Miami
Boston
etc..

 

[zach79]

Wow a lot of you have been all over.

I plan to make a road trip to the west coast in the next year or two.

I was supposed to go to Italy with my National Guard unit, but they kind of screwed us out of it.

Some of the cities I MUST go to are:

New York City
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Miami
Washington D.C.
London
Paris
Hong Kong