Chicago: Yes
Aurora: Yes
Rockford: No
Joliet: Yes
Naperville: Maybe; those Chicago suburbs all start to run together after a while
Springfield: Yes (lived here most of my life)
Peoria: Yes
Elgin: Maybe; see Naperville
Waukegan: Yes
Cicero: Unlikely; it’s in a part of the Chicago 'burbs that’s best avoided
Champaign: Yes
Bloomington: Yes
Decatur: Yes
Arlington Heights: Yes; the race track is impressive
Evanston: Maybe; see Naperville
Schaumburg: Yes
Bolingbrook: Maybe; see Naperville
Palatine: Yes
Skokie: Yes
Des Plaines: Yes
Thank goodness I live in Illinois and you listed the cities!
I haven’t been to Cicero, Joliet, Naperville, or Bolingbrook, that I remember. There’s something about Cicero - I may have visited there about 40 years ago or so, but I don’t remember. I’ve probably driven through all of them, but that doesn’t count.
Rank Population Place name
1 2,145,146 Houston
2 1,359,758 San Antonio
3 1,223,229 Dallas
4 820,611 Austin
5 758,738 Fort Worth
6 665,568 El Paso
7 373,698 Arlington
8 307,953 Corpus Christi
9 269,776 Plano
10 241,935 Laredo
I have been to all nine cities in Vermont: Burlington (42,417), South Burlington (17,904), Rutland (16,495), Barre (9,052), Montpelier (7,855), Winooksi (7,267), St. Albans (6,918), Newport (4,589), and Vergennes (2,588).
Chicago: Yes, I work there
Aurora: Yes
Rockford: Yes
Joliet: Yes
Naperville: Yes
Springfield: Yes
Peoria: No
Elgin: Yes
Waukegan: Yes
Cicero: Yes
Champaign: Unless being on a train that stopped there while I slept counts, no
Bloomington: Yes
Decatur: No
Arlington Heights: Yes
Evanston: Yes
Schaumburg: Yes
Bolingbrook: Maybe; like HeyHomie said, a lot of the suburbs blend together
Palatine: Yes
Skokie: Yes
Des Plaines: Yes, I live there.
Also glad HeyHomie listed the Illinois cities for us!
Rank City Population (2010) County Government
1 Atlanta †† 443,775 Fulton, DeKalb City
2 Augusta † 198,413 Richmond City
3 Columbus † 197,872 Muscogee City
4 Savannah † 142,022 Chatham City
5 Athens † 118,999 Clarke City
6 Sandy Springs 99,419 Fulton City
7 Roswell 93,692 Fulton City
8 Macon † 91,234 Bibb, Jones City
9 Johns Creek 82,306 Fulton City
10 Albany † 77,431 Dougherty City
All of them except for John’s Creek, which I have been in but before it was incorporated. So technically I have never been to the “city” of John’s Creek.
I don’t live in IL but have spent some time there:
Chicago: Yes
Aurora: Yes
Rockford: Yes
Joliet: Yes (born there!)
Naperville: Yes
Springfield: No
Peoria: No
Elgin: Yes
Waukegan: No
Cicero: Yes (flew into an airport there)
Champaign: No
Bloomington: No
Decatur: No
Arlington Heights: Yes
Evanston: No
Schaumburg: Yes
Bolingbrook: Yes
Palatine: Yes
Skokie: Yes
Des Plaines: Yes
Wikipeda has three methods of ascernening size of cities for England, all with some weirdness. The list that seems most within the sprit is:
London Yes
Birmingham Yes
Manchester Yes
Liverpool Yes
Leeds No
Sheffield Yes
Teesside No
Bristol Yes
Bournemouth and Poole Yes
Stoke-on-Trent Yes
Leicester Yes
Wirral No
Coventry Yes
Nottingham Yes
Bradford No
Newcastle No
Bolton No
Brighton and Hove Yes
Plymouthm No
Hull No
18 of them, however, with two of them I’ve only passed through it on my way to somewhere else. The largest city is just over 200k, the smallest of them is about 11k.
I live in Idaho, and these cities are quite spread out. So basically I’ve been to nearly every corner of my state. Isn’t that nice?
I’ve been to 19 of the 20 largest cities in Massachusetts. The only one I haven’t been to is Springfield (3rd largest). I haven’t yet had a reason to go there but I expect that I will sometime.
Indianapolis yes
Fort Wayne yes
Evansville yes
South Bend yes
Carmel yes
Bloomington yes
Fishers yes
Hammond no
Gary yes
Muncie yes
Lafayette yes
Terre Haute yes
Kokomo yes
Anderson yes
Noblesville yes
Greenwood yes
Elkhart no
Mishawaka yes
Lawrence no
Jeffersonville yes
So 17 of 20 in Indiana. I grew up in Kansas, and have only hit half:
Wichita no
Overland Park yes
Kansas City yes
Olathe yes
Topeka yes
Lawrence yes
Shawnee yes
Manhattan no
Lenexa yes
Salina no
Hutchinson no
Leavenworth yes
Leawood yes
Dodge City no
Garden City no
Junction City no
Emporia no
Derby no
Prairie Village yes
Liberal no
Yes 1 Los Angeles 3,904,657
Yes 2 San Diego 1,307,402
Yes 3 San Jose 1,000,536
Yes 4 San Francisco 805,235
Yes 5 Fresno 510,665
Yes 6 Long Beach 468,257
Yes 7 Sacramento 466,488
Yes 8 Oakland 390,724
Yes 9 Bakersfield 347,483
Yes 10 Anaheim 336,265
No 11 Santa Ana 324,528
No 12 Riverside 303,871
Yes 13 Stockton 291,707
Yes 14 Chula Vista 243,916
Yes 15 Fremont 214,089
No 16 Irvine 212,375
Yes 17 San Bernardino 209,924
Yes 18 Modesto 201,165
No 19 Oxnard 197,899
No 20 Fontana 196,069
It’s possible I have been to some of the No citites, but don’t remember since we traveled a lot around the state when I was a kid. Also because a lot of the cities blur into each other.
Come on. No state has 20 cities worth visiting. Not IL, certainly not my home state of KY (Louisville and Lexington, maybe Bowling Green if you like Corvettes.)
California certainly has at least 20 cities worth visiting. They are not all in the top 20 by population, though. And those that are in the top 20 are not necessarily worth visiting. I would not consider Bakersfield, Stockton or Modesto worth visiting, though I have been to or through each of those cities far too many times.
Midway, nee Municipal, Airport is on Cicero Avenue but entirely within Chicago.