# Largest U.S. City You Never Heard Of **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-never-heard-of/530682 "2010-02-27T20:55:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-never-heard-of/530682/161 "2010-03-04T18:27:48Z")
Hmm, not many non-US dopers in this thread, so I get to be the first to admit not having heard of San Antonio, TX - #7 in the list. Don’t know how I missed that one - the next one that stumped me was #30 which is Louisville, KY, and of course I know of many more beyond that. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-never-heard-of/530682/162 "2010-03-04T18:55:00Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Hmm, not many non-US dopers in this thread, so I get to be the first to admit not having heard of San Antonio, TX - #7 in the list. Don’t know how I missed that one… Perhaps best known, here and abroad, as the home of the Alamo: [Alamo Mission - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Mission_in_San_Antonio) ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-never-heard-of/530682/163 "2010-03-04T20:06:35Z")
Huh. I _live_ in Gilbert, AZ, which is south of Mesa and east of Chandler, so none of those tripped me up. I’m surprised so many people haven’t heard of Mesa. I heard about it hear and there when I was going to elementary school in Illinois and Ohio, long before I had any inkling that I’d ever be living in Arizona. I think the one I haven’t heard of is right after Gilbert on the list: #95 Hialeah, FL . Though it sounds vagueley familiar (at least “Hialeah,” though not in the context of a city in Florida). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-never-heard-of/530682/164 "2010-03-05T03:57:52Z")
> [@Strainger](#): > > Huh. I _live_ in Gilbert, AZ, … > > I think the one I haven’t heard of is right after Gilbert on the list: #95 Hialeah, FL . Though it sounds vagueley familiar (at least “Hialeah,” though not in the context of a city in Florida). I thought that first part was going to be followed up with “… and even _I_ haven’t heard of it.” 😃 I’ve heard of Hialeah from the movies, I think. Seems to be a big horse-racing center, and whenever you have mobsters going to Miami in the movies, they often seem to end up at the Hialeah track. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-never-heard-of/530682/165 "2010-03-05T14:27:10Z")
#58 - Aurora, Colorado. Then #71, Henderson, NV [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-u-s-city-you-never-heard-of/530682.md?page=8)