# Think of a city in the United States (that isn't New York City) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-the-united-states-that-isnt-new-york-city/738299 "2015-11-22T19:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-the-united-states-that-isnt-new-york-city/738299/41 "2015-11-25T19:01:59Z")
Indianapolis. Grew up there. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-the-united-states-that-isnt-new-york-city/738299/42 "2015-11-25T19:36:32Z")
I said Chicago and I live near Columbus. Didn’t even think it would be an option. I used to visit Chicago a lot when I was a kid, though. Never came to Columbus until I was out of college. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-the-united-states-that-isnt-new-york-city/738299/43 "2015-11-25T19:44:49Z")
San Diego, for no apparent reason other than I’ve been there 3 or 4 times and love it. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-the-united-states-that-isnt-new-york-city/738299/44 "2015-11-25T22:22:13Z")
My native town: Philadelphia ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-the-united-states-that-isnt-new-york-city/738299/45 "2015-11-26T00:54:30Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Isn’t that what anyone from the U.S. would do; think of their hometown (or the closest big city to it)? Nah. The problem is that the title primed me. If it’s not New York, then it must be… and the answer is clearly Chicago. Nevermind that I live in San Jose and have only been to Chicago twice. It’s just that any list where NYC is #1 must have Chicago as #2. ---
**Author:** ![Shearer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Shearer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shearer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-the-united-states-that-isnt-new-york-city/738299/46 "2015-11-26T01:34:24Z")
Texas ---
**Author:** ![bb49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-the-united-states-that-isnt-new-york-city/738299/47 "2015-11-27T04:12:32Z")
Palm Springs, Ca., and the surrounding communities. They are definitely small, maybe not even cities, but it’s a great place to escape to before winter hits too hard and in the spring. In between, when winter is thinking of staying forever, I would pick a coastal city in Mexico. But that’s another thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-the-united-states-that-isnt-new-york-city/738299.md?page=2)