# Places where (almost) everybody you know has been

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-where-almost-everybody-you-know-has-been/122838>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 7, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-where-almost-everybody-you-know-has-been/122838 "2002-08-07T20:26:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-where-almost-everybody-you-know-has-been/122838/21 "2002-08-08T15:16:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by dinahmoe \*  
> \*\*A sure-fire place to run into everyone you’ve ever met: Dr. Mueller’s sex shop at the Frankfurt airport:smack: \*\*

Now there’s a place I’ve been. Many times, or at least walked by mant times. BTW, there are at least two. Not that I’m counting.

Haunted Mansion at Disney World - Yes  
The 1/2/3/9 platform at Times Square - No.  
The neon-and-mirrors corridor at Chicago O’Hare airport - No.  
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. - Yes.  
LAX - Yes.  
The Empire State Building - Yes.  
Fisherman’s Wharf - Yes.  
The Mall in Washington, DC - Yes  
St. Louis Arch - Yes.  
Niagra Falls - No.

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**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-where-almost-everybody-you-know-has-been/122838/22 "2002-08-08T15:17:43Z")

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[I’ve been](http://uk.geocities.com/aro_hill/america.html) to Nigara Falls too. Might be a popular choice.

[slight hijack]  
Where would most Americas go if leaving America? I mean in Europe (not Cancun). Dublin? Paris? Madrid? London? Berlin? Rome? What would be considered the ‘must see’ places over the pond?  
[/ hijack]

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**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-where-almost-everybody-you-know-has-been/122838/23 "2002-08-08T16:04:07Z")

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Haunted Mansion at Disney World - No (but I have been to DW)  
The 1/2/3/9 platform at Times Square - No (but I have been to TS - before Rudy and Disney ruined it)  
The neon-and-mirrors corridor at Chicago O’Hare airport - Yes (I think, but I was a little kid at the time)  
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. - Yes.  
LAX - No (and hopefully never will)  
The Empire State Building - Yes  
Fisherman’s Wharf - No  
The Mall in Washington, DC - Yes  
St. Louis Arch - No (driven by it, though)  
Niagra Falls - Yes

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**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-where-almost-everybody-you-know-has-been/122838/24 "2002-08-08T17:02:00Z")

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Haunted Mansion at Disneyland - yes

The 1/2/3/9 platform at Times Square - no

The neon-and-mirrors corridor at Chicago O’Hare airport - too many times to count!

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. - no

LAX - no

The Empire State Building - no

Sears Tower - yes

Fisherman’s Wharf - yes

St. Louis Arch - no

Niagra Falls - we were going to go once, but the plans fell through

Eiffle Tower - yes

London bridge/Tower of London - yes

Vegas Strip - yes

I’d be interested to find out how many people have been to Wall Drug outside of the Badlands in South Dakota.

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-where-almost-everybody-you-know-has-been/122838/25 "2002-08-08T22:41:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by symplicity \*  
> \*\*The strip in Las Vegas  
> \*\*

In a recent Family Feud game on the internet with co-workers, one of the questions was:  
Name a city people would like to win a trip to visit.  
There were 4 answers:  
We got three:  
London  
Paris  
NY

And as we hovered around our desks, in our office, in LAS VEGAS, we could not for the life of us figure out what that that fourth city was.  
Duh…

I would say Las Vegas has to rate high on the OP list.

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