# Geography Trivia: What city will beat New Orleans? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945 "2012-06-03T16:14:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/1 "2012-06-03T16:14:40Z")
The current poll … > **[Geography Trivia: What's the closest (in miles) that you have ever been to...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=653870)** > > There were older threads with the object of trying to find the place or places where most Dopers had been. And where the fewest Dopers had been. This is one of those threads, with a little twist. There’s a public poll so you can vote without having... Geography Trivia: What’s the closest (in miles) that you have ever been to New Orleans? ```auto Right there! 97 73.48% 1-20 miles 1 0.76% 21-50 miles 2 1.52% 51-100 miles 2 1.52% 101-500 miles 20 15.15% over 500 miles 10 7.58% ``` Voters: 132 … is a good indication that my more-or-less random choice of a place that most Dopers would have been near at some time, is faulty. Help me decide what other place has a better chance of demonstrating that idea. Anonymous one-vote only poll on the way… ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/2 "2012-06-03T16:45:41Z")
Since most Doper are from the U.S., it would make sense that it is an American city. And then it has to be one that has a large population and attracts a lot of tourists. So NYC makes the most sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/3 "2012-06-03T16:52:16Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Since most Doper are from the U.S., it would make sense that it is an American city. And then it has to be one that has a large population and attracts a lot of tourists. So NYC makes the most sense to me. My thinking, too. I’m thinking the mileage distances in the New Orleans poll are too arbitrary, too. What’s better for the purpose? – within the city limits – within the same county – within 100 miles – within the same state – over 500 miles I welcome improvements for the next poll on whichever place we choose to test. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/4 "2012-06-03T16:52:27Z")
Considering the board…I had to vote Chicago. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/5 "2012-06-03T17:00:43Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Considering the board…I had to vote Chicago. 😉 Well, I have at least been to Chicago, downtown, more than once. The closest I have been to NYC is Newburgh to the north. So I would be in the “same state” category for NYC. But I suspect more Dopers than not have been to NYC at some point in their lives. So I voted for NYC. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/6 "2012-06-03T17:35:04Z")
I live in Canada, and I’ve been to Chicago but not New York. I’d like to go to New York some day. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/7 "2012-06-03T19:02:05Z")
It’s beginning to look like at least two polls might be in order: New York **and** Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/8 "2012-06-03T19:13:15Z")
I don’t understand–I can only vote for one city? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/9 "2012-06-03T19:58:17Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I don’t understand–I can only vote for one city? It’s a one-vote poll with an “Other” option for you to list other cities not on the list as being better than New Orleans for a “most Dopers have been there” survey. If you would like to use the format of the New Orleans poll for more than one city, please do. I’m just of the opinion that my choice of New Orleans was not the best. This poll is to get a sense of what would have been better. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/10 "2012-06-03T20:00:43Z")
I hit LA instead of NYC. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/11 "2012-06-03T20:11:37Z")
Vegas? I think it should have been a multi choice poll, it seems to me it would have gathered more information. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/12 "2012-06-03T20:18:04Z")
San Franciso I think it should have been a multiple choice question, though. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/13 "2012-06-03T20:23:38Z")
How do I know what city most Dopers have been in or near? All I can answer for is myself. I agree that a multiple-choice poll would have been better. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/14 "2012-06-03T20:24:30Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > Vegas? > > I think it should have been a multi choice poll, it seems to me it would have gathered more information. > [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > San Franciso > > I think it should have been a multiple choice question, though. I have no problem at all with another poll/thread with multiple choice options. Have at, if you want. In fact, I have no problem with multiple polls on any cities you can think of. The New Orleans one suggests to me that some other city might fare better. That’s all this thread/poll is about. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/15 "2012-06-03T20:25:29Z")
If being in the airport counts, I’d venture Atlanta. Other than that, I’d say NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/16 "2012-06-03T20:28:34Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > If being in the airport counts, I’d venture Atlanta. Other than that, I’d say NYC. You must have heard that old thing about not being able to get into or out of The South without going through Atlanta. That was true when I was a kid on my way to Chicago! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/17 "2012-06-03T20:28:48Z")
I’ve been in six of the twelve listed, and not just at the airport. But I put NYC as the one I think most Dopers have visited. Did I do good? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/18 "2012-06-03T20:31:51Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I’ve been in six of the twelve listed, and not just at the airport. But I put NYC as the one I think most Dopers have visited. Did I do good? Good or not, you get my vote! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-what-city-will-beat-new-orleans/623945/19 "2012-06-04T00:28:36Z")
I’ve spent time in 9 of the cities. If someone starts another poll, please link to this thread.