# How Many of the 20 Largest Cities in Your State Have You Been To? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116 "2014-06-05T13:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/121 "2014-06-10T14:13:29Z")
Also in the Buckeye State… Columbus - Yes, often; still have friends there. Took the bar exam there. Cleveland - Very often. Lots of friends in the city. Cincinnati - A couple of short visits. Toledo - One short visit. Akron - Several short visits and a seminar about a year ago. Dayton - Visited a college friend there for a long weekend. Parma - A short visit or two. Canton - Lived there for a month in college during an internship; have been several times otherwise. Youngstown - A couple of short visits, including for an interview while I was a reporter. Lorain - Don’t think I’ve ever been. Hamilton - Never been. Springfield - Ditto. Kettering - Ditto. Elyria - Ditto. Lakewood - Yes, several times; I know the former mayor. Cuyahoga Falls - Several visits, not recently. Euclid - Never been. Middletown - Ditto. Mansfield - Just twice, I think, for Civil War history exhibitions. Newark - Just once, I believe, for a job interview. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/122 "2014-06-10T18:43:58Z")
> [@bartleby](#): > > Columbus - Y > Cleveland - Y > Cincinnati - Y > Toledo - Y > Akron - Been Through > Dayton - Y > Parma - N > Canton - N > Youngstown - Been Through > Lorain - N > Hamilton - Y > Springfield - Y > Kettering - Y > Elyria - N > Lakewood - N > Cuyahoga Falls - N > Euclid - N > Middletown - Y > Mansfield - N > Newark - N > > [List of municipalities in Ohio - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ohio) I don’t even know if I’ve been in Hamilton, Kettering, Middletown, or Newark. All the others, yes. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/123 "2014-06-10T19:18:51Z")
Virginia, I believe all but 2 or 3. Suffolk, Chesapeake, and Salem I’m not sure about. Down in the tidewater area cities tend to run together. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/124 "2014-06-10T23:25:11Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > 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. For me, all but Chula Vista & Fontana, but I have driven thru them, if that counts. ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/125 "2014-06-11T00:24:55Z")
New York City - Yes Buffalo - Yes Rochester - Yes Yonkers - Passed through on train and highway Syracuse - Passed through on train and highway Albany - Yes New Rochelle - Not sure Cheektowaga - Passed through by car Mount Vernon - Passed through by car Schenectady - Yes Utica - Yes White Plains - Yes Hempstead - No Irondequoit - No Troy - Yes Niagara Falls - Yes Binghamton - Yes West Seneca - Not sure Freeport - No Valley Stream - No Lived in NY state for 3 decades and have hardly set foot or car tire on Long Island. ---
**Author:** ![Phila444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba8739/32.png) [@Phila444](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phila444)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/126 "2014-06-11T18:23:57Z")
Pennsylvania 1 Philadelphia -yes (my hometown0 2 Pittsburgh -yes 3 Allentown -yes 4 Erie -no 5 Reading -yes 6 Scranton -yes 7 Bethlehem -yes 8 Lancaster -yes 9 Harrisburg -yes 10 Altoona - don’t believe so 11 York -yes 12 State College -no 13 Wilkes-Barre -yes 14 Chester -yes 15 Williamsport - no, but may later this summer 16 Easton -yes 17 Lebanon -yes 18 Hazleton -yes 19 New Castle -no 20 Johnstown -no Looks like 14/20 ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/127 "2014-06-12T01:03:59Z")
1 Phoenix1,488,750 2 Tucson524,295 3 Mesa452,084 4 Chandler245,628 5 Glendale232,143 6 Scottsdale223,514 7 Gilbert221,140 8 Tempe166,842 9 Peoria159,789 10 Surprise121,287 11 Yuma95,429 12 San Tan Valley82,760 13 Avondale78,256 14 Casas Adobes71,976 15 Goodyear69,648 16 Flagstaff67,468 17 Buckeye54,542 18 Lake Havasu City52,819 19 Catalina Foothills51,623 20 Casa Grande49,974 Every single one. Eight of them today. 19 in the last 30 days. (I haven’t been to lake havasu city since March) ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/128 "2014-06-12T02:43:15Z")
North Carolina 1. Charlotte - yes 2. Raleigh - yes 3. Greensboro - yes 4. Durham - yes, live here 5. Winston Salem - yes 6. Fayetteville - yes 7. Cary - yes 8. Wilmington - yes 9. High Point - yes 10. Jacksonville - no 11. Asheville - yes 12. Greenville - yes 13. Gastonia - no 14. Concord - yes 15. Rocky Mount - yes 16. Chapel Hill - yes 17. Wilson - yes 18. Burlington - yes 19. Kannapolis - yes 20. Hickory - yes So all but 2. ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/129 "2014-06-12T03:28:23Z")
In Connecticut: 1 Bridgeport – yes 2 New Haven – yes (I lived there while I was in college) 3 Hartford – yes 4 Stamford – no 5 Waterbury – yes 6 Norwalk – yes 7 Danbury – yes 8 New Britain – yes 9 Greenwich – no 10 Bristol – yes 11 West Hartford – yes 12 Meriden – no 13 Hamden – yes 14 Fairfield – no 15 Manchester – yes 16 Milford – yes 17 West Haven – no 18 Stratford – no 19 East Hartford – yes 20 Middletown – yes So, 14 out of 20. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/130 "2014-06-12T05:22:46Z")
Alabama All of the top 20. Birmingham Montgomery Mobile Huntsville Tuscaloosa Hoover Dothan Decatur Auburn Madison Florence Gadsden Vestavia Hills Prattville Phenix City Alabaster Bessemer Enterprise Opelika Homewood ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/131 "2014-06-12T05:52:10Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > 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. I agree with that, and I _live_ in one of those cities. (To the extent that you call that living.) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/132 "2014-06-12T06:01:51Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > I have also been to Jean, population zero, zipcode 89019. How many other states have real towns with a functioning courthouse and post office with zero population? How does the functioning courthouse get people for juries? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116/133 "2014-06-12T07:13:36Z")
California: Los Angeles - yes, live here San Diego - yes San Jose - yes San Francisco - yes, awesome town Fresno - yes, not so awesome Sacramento - yes Long Beach - yes Oakland - yes Bakersfield - yes Anaheim - yes Santa Ana - yes Riverside - yes Stockton - yes, driven thru Chula Vista - can’t remember, though my ex-girlfriend had family here Fremont - yes, if the BART station counts Irvine - yes San Bernardino - yes Modesto - is this the one with the water park? if so, then yes (or at least driven thru) Oxnard - yes Fontana - yes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-20-largest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690116.md?page=6)