# How Many of the 20 Largest Cities in Your Country Have You Been To? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159 "2014-06-05T23:38:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/1 "2014-06-05T23:38:08Z")
[List of US Cities By Population](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_cities_by_population) New York: Yes Los Angeles: No, unless a layover at the Burbank airport counts Chicago: Yes Houston: No Philadelphia: Yes Phoenix: No, unless a layover at the airport counts San Antonio: No San Diego: No Dallas: No San Jose: Yes Austin: No Indianapolis: Yes Jacksonville (FL): Yes San Francisco: Yes Columbus: No Charlotte: No Fort Worth: No Detroit: No El Paso: No Memphis: Yes ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/2 "2014-06-06T00:05:42Z")
Everywhere but Jacksonville. Makes note about next year’s vacation plans. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/3 "2014-06-06T00:10:02Z")
Well, I live in Norway. I don’t think we even have 20 cities. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/4 "2014-06-06T00:12:06Z")
Yes to all. And I’ve slept many nights in each. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/5 "2014-06-06T00:14:44Z")
All but Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/6 "2014-06-06T00:23:02Z")
New York: Yes Los Angeles: Yes. Technically I didn’t _stop_ there but I deliberately drove through it so I could drive Mulholland Drive and the PCH Chicago: Just a layover Houston: Yes, several parties there Philadelphia: Yes, several parties there Phoenix: Yes, an interview there San Antonio: No San Diego: No Dallas: Only if Fort Worth counts which it doesn’t San Jose: No Austin: No Indianapolis: Driven through on my way elsewhere so no Jacksonville (FL): Yes, bowling tournament San Francisco: No, I may go this winter Columbus: No Charlotte: Driven through, so no Fort Worth: Several parties there. Saw the water gardens which are the best example of modernist architecture I’ve ever seen (I generally hate modernist architecture.) Detroit: Just a layover El Paso: Yes, on the way to Mexico before Juarez was dangerous. Parked and ate there Memphis: No So, 8. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/7 "2014-06-06T00:28:51Z")
Toronto - Yes Montreal - Yes Vancouver - Just a couple hours at the airport Calgary - Yes Edmonton - Yes Ottawa - No Quebec City - Yes Winnipeg - Yes Hamilton - drove through it once Kitchener - Yes London - drove past it on the 401 a few times Victoria - No St. Catherines - Niagara - Yes Halifax - No Oshawa - No Windsor - Yes Saskatoon - Yes Regina - Yes Barrie - No St. John’s - No ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/8 "2014-06-06T00:29:37Z")
New York, Houston, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Dallas, Jacksonville, Columbus, Charlotte, and Memphis. If you expand it to the top 100: Washington, Boston, Nashville, Baltimore, Louisville, Atlanta, Raleigh, Miami, Cleveland, Arlington, New Orleans, Tampa, Lexington, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Greensboro, Newark, Buffalo, Jersey City, Orlando, St Petersburg, Durham, Winston–Salem, Garland, Baton Rouge, and Richmond. I may have also been in Virginia Beach, Plano, and Hialeah. This isn’t counting airports. If you count them, I could add Chicago and Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/9 "2014-06-06T00:38:13Z")
All except Phoenix. If you moved the requirement to staying there overnight I’d lose Jacksonville too. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/10 "2014-06-06T00:50:26Z")
8 New York Chicago Philadelphia Indianapolis Jacksonville (FL) San Francisco: Charlotte Detroit ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/11 "2014-06-06T00:59:02Z")
There are only [eleven cities in Ireland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_status_in_Ireland) (including Northern Ireland). Of them, Lisburn is the only city I haven’t been in. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/12 "2014-06-06T01:15:47Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Toronto - Yes > Montreal - Yes > Vancouver - Just a couple hours at the airport > Calgary - Yes > Edmonton - Yes > Ottawa - No > Quebec City - Yes > Winnipeg - Yes > Hamilton - drove through it once > Kitchener - Yes > London - drove past it on the 401 a few times > Victoria - No > St. Catherines - Niagara - Yes > Halifax - No > Oshawa - No > Windsor - Yes > Saskatoon - Yes > Regina - Yes > Barrie - No > St. John’s - No This cannot be a correct list. Mississauga and Brampton are both larger than Hamiton. Barrie isn’t that big, either. Barrie is smaller than Oakville. Any way you slice it, however, I’ve been to all of them. I’ve also been to all the US Top 20. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/13 "2014-06-06T01:20:55Z")
New York: No Los Angeles: Yes Chicago: Yes Houston: Yes Philadelphia: No Phoenix: Yes San Antonio: Yes San Diego: No Dallas: Yes San Jose: Yes Austin: Yes Indianapolis: No Jacksonville (FL): No San Francisco: Yes Columbus: No Charlotte: No Fort Worth: Yes Detroit: No El Paso: Yes Memphis: No ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/14 "2014-06-06T01:22:34Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > This cannot be a correct list. Mississauga and Brampton are both larger than Hamiton. Barrie isn’t that big, either. Barrie is smaller than Oakville. > > Any way you slice it, however, I’ve been to all of them. I’ve also been to all the US Top 20. I was following [this list.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_100_largest_urban_areas_in_Canada_by_population) It’s all StatsCan’s fault for lumping Mississauga, Oakville, and Brampton in with Toronto. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/15 "2014-06-06T01:31:46Z")
Top cities in Japan by population. I’ve been to all of them multiple times except where noted: Tokyo Yokohama Osaka Nagoya Sapporo - only twice Kobe Kyoto Fukuoka Kawasaki Saitama Hiroshima - only twice Sendai Kita-Kyushu - once Chiba Sakai - just driving through in Osaka Niigata Hamamastsu Kumamoto - never visited Sagamihara Shizuoka ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/16 "2014-06-06T01:35:13Z")
New York: Yes Los Angeles: Yes Chicago: Yes Houston: Yes Philadelphia: Yes Phoenix: No, unless a layover at the airport counts San Antonio: No San Diego: Yes Dallas: No San Jose: No Austin: No Indianapolis: Yes, driving through Jacksonville (FL): No San Francisco: Yes Columbus: Yes Charlotte: No, unless a layover at the airport counts Fort Worth: No Detroit: Yes El Paso: No Memphis: Yes ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/17 "2014-06-06T01:38:58Z")
all ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/18 "2014-06-06T01:40:38Z")
New York: No Los Angeles: No Chicago: Yes Houston: No Philadelphia: Yes Phoenix: Yes San Antonio: No San Diego: No Dallas: No San Jose: Yes Austin: No Indianapolis: Yes Jacksonville (FL): No San Francisco: No Columbus: Yes Charlotte: No Fort Worth: Yes Detroit: Yes El Paso: No Memphis: No ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/19 "2014-06-06T02:09:07Z")
Nope, but I’ve been to the largest city in 20 countries (actually closer to 80 countries)… and been to countries that do not have 20 cities. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159/20 "2014-06-06T02:14:23Z")
New York: Yes Los Angeles:Yes Chicago: Yes Houston: No Philadelphia: Yes Phoenix: Yes San Antonio: No San Diego: No Dallas: Yes San Jose: Yes Austin: No Indianapolis: Yes Jacksonville (FL): Yes San Francisco: Yes Columbus: Yes Charlotte: No Fort Worth: Yes Detroit: No El Paso: No Memphis: Yes Wait, El Paso? That is a new thing I learned today. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-country-have-you-been-to/690159.md?page=2)