Only Chicago for me, it’s practically in my backyard from Milwaukee. I may have been in Jacksonville at some point in my life with the handful of times I’ve been to Florida, but I really couldn’t say for sure.
Going by municipalities only:
San Juan -yes, I’m from this place
Bayamón -yes
Carolina- yes
Ponce - yes
Caguas - yes
Guaynabo - yes, I have family here
Arecibo - yes
Toa Baja- other than driving by, nope
Mayagüez - yes
Trujillo Alto - yes
Toa Alta - other than driving by, no
Aguadilla - yes, I have family there
Vega Baja - yes
Humacao - no
Río Grande - nope other than driving by
Cabo Rojo - yes
Juana Díaz - no
Cayey - yes, possibly, when I was much younger
Canóvanas - yes
Isabela - yes
So there are four that I have not visited or stayed in any longer than changing gas (if at all). In the others, I’ve been there either to shop, visit, see relatives or friends, or explore.
If I can just put Australia in perspective. It’s a big joint.
I live in melbourne.
Cairns is 2800km north. (1700 miles)
Perth is 3400 km west. (2100 miles)
These are not day trips or going for a cruise on the bicycle trips.
Just for comparison for those in Europe, Paris to Moscow is 2800km, basically the same as Melbourne to Cairns.
(distances have been rounded to the nearest 100 as I cbf )
Here’s the top 20 cities/towns by population in Scotland:
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Dundee
Paisley
East Kilbride
Livingston
Hamilton
Cumbernauld
Kirkcaldy and Dysart
Dunfermline
Inverness
Perth
Ayr
Kilmarnock
Greenock
Coatbridge
Glenrothes
Airdrie
Stirling
I don’t thing I’ve ever been to Greenock, so 95%.
New York: Yes
Los Angeles: yes
Chicago: Yes
Houston: Yes
Philadelphia: Yes
Phoenix: kinda, flew into Phoenix, then drove to Sedona, a week there, then back to Phoenix to fly out.
San Antonio: Yes
San Diego: Yes
Dallas: Yes, way too many times
San Jose: Yes
Austin: Yes
Indianapolis: Yes
Jacksonville (FL): Yes
San Francisco: Yes
Columbus: Yes
Charlotte: Yes
Fort Worth: Yes
Detroit: Yes, if Farmington Hills counts
El Paso: Yes, oh my god, spent 6 months there
Memphis: Yes
Actually, I have to go all the way to number 31 (Milwaukee) before I get to an absolute no. Unfortunately.95% business travel for most of these cities, so no Yay for me.
Been to them all. Combination of being a football fan, and an ex-sales rep. Some of the places on that list are not ones you would choose for a recreational visit.
For Angola,
Luanda Yes
Huambo No
Lobito No
Benguela No
Lucapa No
Kuito No
Lubango No
Malanje No
Namibe Yes
Soyo Yes
If I use the US then it is better
New York: Yes
Los Angeles: Yes
Chicago: Yes
Houston: Yes
Philadelphia: Yes
Phoenix: Yes
San Antonio: Yes
San Diego: Yes
Dallas: No
San Jose: Yes
Austin: No
Indianapolis: No
Jacksonville (FL): No
San Francisco: Yes
Columbus: No
Charlotte: No
Fort Worth: No
Detroit: No
El Paso: No
Memphis: No
Next up, we look globally and list world cities.
What a rube I am. Only these for me:
New York
Chicago
Indianapolis
Jacksonville (FL)
Columbus
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia.
Toronto - Yes
Montreal - Yes
Vancouver - Yes
Calgary - No
Edmonton - No
Ottawa - Yes
Quebec City - Yes
Winnipeg - Yes
Hamilton - Yes
Kitchener - Yes
London - Yes
Victoria - No
St. Catherines - Niagara - Yes
Halifax - Yes
Oshawa - yes
Windsor - No
Saskatoon - No
Regina - No
Barrie - Yes
St. John’s - No
And for the US
New York: No
Los Angeles: Yes
Chicago: Yes
Houston: Yes
Philadelphia: No
Phoenix: No
San Antonio: No
San Diego: Yes
Dallas: No
San Jose: Yes
Austin: No
Indianapolis: No
Jacksonville (FL): Yes
San Francisco: Yes
Columbus: yes
Charlotte: yes
Fort Worth: No
Detroit: Yes
El Paso: No
Memphis: No
I found a different Canadian top 20 list here:
Toronto - yes
Montreal - yes
Calgary - yes
Ottawa - yes
Edmonton - yes
Mississauga - yes
Winnipeg - yes
Vancouver - yes
Brampton - yes
Hamilton - yes
Quebec City - sort of, passed through but need a real trip here
Surrey - no
Laval - yes
Halifax - yes
London - yes
Markham - yes
Vaughan - yes
Gatineau - yes
Longueuil - yes
Burnaby - no
Have also been to the US top 20.
I’ve cribbed from Mangetout’s list for the UK
London - Yes
Birmingham - Yes
Manchester - Yes
Liverpool - Yes
Leeds - Yes
Sheffield - No
Teesside - No
Bristol - Yes
Bournemouth - Yes
Stoke-on-Trent - No
Leicester - No
Wirral - No
Coventry - Yes
Nottingham - Yes
Bradford - No
Newcastle - Yes
Bolton - No
Brighton - Yes
Plymouth - No
Hull - No
For the US
New York: Yes
Los Angeles: No
Chicago: Yes
Houston: No
Philadelphia: Yes
Phoenix: No
San Antonio: No
San Diego: Yes
Dallas: No
San Jose: No
Austin: No
Indianapolis: No
Jacksonville (FL): No
San Francisco: No
Columbus: Yes
Charlotte: Yes
Fort Worth: No
Detroit: No
El Paso: No
Memphis: No
New York: Yes
Los Angeles: Yes
Chicago: Yes
Houston: No
Philadelphia: Yes
Phoenix: Yes
San Antonio: Yes
San Diego: No
Dallas: Yes
San Jose: No
Austin: No
Indianapolis: Yes
Jacksonville (FL): No
San Francisco: Yes
Columbus: No
Charlotte: Yes
Fort Worth: Yes
Detroit: No
El Paso: No
Memphis: Yes
I’ve been to them all except, funnily enough, the ones that are in Fife. So not Kirkcaldy, Dunfermline or Glenrothes.
Now it’s not that I have anything against Fife, but…oh, who am I kidding? Of course I have something against Fife.
Just to note, Mangetout’s list covers England only, not the whole UK. Although in a list of the twenty largest cities in the UK, the only ones that are not in England would be Glasgow, Edinburgh and perhaps Cardiff and Belfast.
New York: Yes
Los Angeles: Yes
Chicago: Yes
Houston: No
Philadelphia: Yes
Phoenix: No
San Antonio: Yes
San Diego: No
Dallas: No
San Jose: No
Austin: No
Indianapolis: Yes
Jacksonville (FL): Driven through on the highway
San Francisco: Yes
Columbus: Yes
Charlotte: Yes
Fort Worth: No
Detroit: Yes
El Paso: No
Memphis: No
As is usual inthese threads, what defines a “city” is kind of different. Boston doesn’t make it tothe Top 20 on some of these lists, but San Antonio does. That is simply a function of how the city lines are drawn up. If you went by them as urban centers, Boston is a much larger city.
New York: Yes
Los Angeles: Yes
Chicago: Yes
Houston: Yes (I live here)
Philadelphia: Yes
Phoenix: Yes
San Antonio: Yes
San Diego: Yes
Dallas: Yes
San Jose: No
Austin: Yes
Indianapolis: No
Jacksonville (FL): Yes
San Francisco: Yes
Columbus: No
Charlotte: No
Fort Worth: Yes
Detroit: No
El Paso: Yes
Memphis: No
New York: No
Los Angeles: No
Chicago: Yes
Houston: Yes
Philadelphia: No
Phoenix: Yes
San Antonio: No
San Diego: No
Dallas: No
San Jose: No
Austin: No
Indianapolis: No
Jacksonville (FL): Yes (n.b.: drove through it on two trips further south, didn’t stop either time, going either way)
San Francisco: No
Columbus: No
Charlotte: Yes
Fort Worth: No
Detroit: No
El Paso: No
Memphis: No
I am not particularly well-traveled. I did see New York once, from my hotel room in New Jersey.
I’m going to do a new list, using the Census Bureau’s Core Based Statistical Areas to rank city sizes, since these are more a measure of the metro area, rather than just what’s inside the city limits. (A list of the biggest cities that doesn’t have DC but does have Columbus, Ohio, leaves something to be desired, IMHO.)
So here’s the top 20 CBSAs:
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA - Yes
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA - Yes
3 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA - Yes
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA - No
5 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA - No
6 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA - Yes
7 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA - Yes
8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA - No
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA - Yes
10 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA - Yes
11 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA - Yes
12 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA - Yes
13 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA - Yes
14 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ MSA - No
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA - Yes
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA - driven through it on the highway
17 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MSA - No
18 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA - Yes
19 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA - driven through it on the highway
20 Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA - Yes