# Largest U.S. city you don't know the location of

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-dont-know-the-location-of/672468>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 28, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-dont-know-the-location-of/672468 "2013-10-28T18:12:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-dont-know-the-location-of/672468/81 "2013-11-01T13:04:44Z")

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I didn’t really know Aurora was a city in Colorado, although I would probably have guessed right if you had asked me what state is Aurora in. The first I couldn’t have reliably guessed is probably Fort Wayne.

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**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-dont-know-the-location-of/672468/82 "2013-11-01T14:41:28Z")

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#57 Santa Ana – I thought Texas or New Mexico.

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**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-dont-know-the-location-of/672468/83 "2013-11-01T14:49:34Z")

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I’ve also never heard of Stockton, Henderson, Chula Vista, or Hialeah.

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**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-dont-know-the-location-of/672468/84 "2013-11-01T18:07:53Z")

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I have no idea where in Texas #70 Plano is. Texas is a big place, I hear tell.

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