How Many of the 20 Largest Cities in Your State Have You Been To?

In My Humble Opinion
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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.

122

I don’t even know if I’ve been in Hamilton, Kettering, Middletown, or Newark. All the others, yes.

123

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.

124

For me, all but Chula Vista & Fontana, but I have driven thru them, if that counts.

125

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.

126

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

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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)

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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.
129

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.

130

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

131

I agree with that, and I live in one of those cities. (To the extent that you call that living.)

132

How does the functioning courthouse get people for juries? :slight_smile:

133

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