# US Dopers which US City are you closest too (out of the top 50)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299 "2011-03-28T19:26:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/41 "2011-03-28T23:01:15Z")
Beantown, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/42 "2011-03-28T23:17:39Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > The poll is by city square mileage, not city population I don’t think so. [Wikipedia has a list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_area) of cities by area, and it doesn’t even come close to matching the poll list. **Omar Little** , what did you base your poll on? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/43 "2011-03-28T23:26:03Z")
Nashville for me too, although another 50 miles (on top of the distance to Nashville) in the opposite(ish) direction would put me in Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/44 "2011-03-29T00:00:16Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I don’t think so. [Wikipedia has a list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_area) of cities by area, and it doesn’t even come close to matching the poll list. Ah - looks to be this list, linked to earlier: > **[List of United States cities by population](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_US_cities)** > > This is a list of the most populous municipal corporations of the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes cities, towns, villages, boroughs, and municipalities.\[a\] A few exceptional census-designated places (CDPs) are also included in the Census Bureau's listing of incorporated places.\[b\] Consolidated city-counties represent a distinct type of government that includes the entire population of a county, or county equivalent. Some consolidat... Which does have Raleigh above Miami and St. Louis. My bad! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/45 "2011-03-29T00:16:19Z")
I am not 100% sure, but think it is Baltimore. With Philly being a close second. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/46 "2011-03-29T00:17:33Z")
I’m almost exactly halfway between Oakland and San Jose. Google Maps shows the driving distance from my house to be one mile shorter to Oakland, so that’s what I chose. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/47 "2011-03-29T00:27:36Z")
153 miles from New York City. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/48 "2011-03-29T00:29:27Z")
I’m not halfway between Boston and anywhere. I have to go \*through \*Boston to get to any of the others. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/49 "2011-03-29T00:33:20Z")
153 miles south of Miami. Yep, Key West. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/50 "2011-03-29T01:49:12Z")
40 miles north of Indy. and I used to live in Indy. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/51 "2011-03-29T01:54:23Z")
Jacksonville, although it’s really not a big city. Its borders extend way out into the suburbs and beyond, which is why it makes this list. I’ve only been there twice and driven by a few times on the way somewhere else; it’s not a city I’d want to live in. I live near Orlando, which is a much cooler city than Jacksonville, IMO. (Theme parks notwithstanding; I’m talking about the real downtown city of Orlando.) ---
**Author:** ![Sakuma\_Drops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sakuma\_Drops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sakuma_Drops)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/52 "2011-03-29T02:16:47Z")
> [@kapri](#): > > Jacksonville, although it’s really not a big city. Its borders extend way out into the suburbs and beyond, which is why it makes this list. I’ve only been there twice and driven by a few times on the way somewhere else; it’s not a city I’d want to live in. I live near Orlando, which is a much cooler city than Jacksonville, IMO. (Theme parks notwithstanding; I’m talking about the real downtown city of Orlando.) IIRC the reason why the City of Jacksonville is so big is because, several decades ago, the administrations of Jacksonville and surrounding Duval County merged. So nowadays, Jacksonville takes up almost all of Duval County, which is pretty big. By contrast, the City of Orlando [comprises only a fraction of Orange County](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orange_County_Florida_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Orlando_Highlighted.svg). The Orlando metro area has a higher population than the Jacksonville metro area, though (I recall Orlando having roughly a bazillion suburbs, most of whose names contain either “Winter”, “Park” or “Lake”.) ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/53 "2011-03-29T02:52:55Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > Somewhere in the vicinity, no doubt (it’s also where I live) but he can’t be in the city itself with Nashville being that much closer than Atlanta. Chattanooga is almost exactly halfway between the two cities, so he must be somewhere west of it. South Pittsburg, maybe? I was thinking closer to McMinnville. 🙂 I’m just 13 miles and several exits on I-40 from Nashville. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/54 "2011-03-29T03:39:03Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > 40 miles north of Indy. > > and I used to live in Indy. Kokomo? (grew up there) ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/55 "2011-03-29T04:26:32Z")
So far I’m the only one closest to Louisville. Less than 2 hours drive. (We measure distance in hours here in Indiana, too…) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/56 "2011-03-29T04:28:12Z")
I live in Houston. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/57 "2011-03-29T05:15:06Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > This measure makes no sense for the United States. I think it makes a little sense. You certainly can’t go by area: my town of much less than 10,000 people has within one and a half square miles the same land area as Boston with its population of over 600,000 people. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/58 "2011-03-29T05:56:49Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > [List of United States cities by population - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_US_cities) Right in the middle of #1 here. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/59 "2011-03-29T06:26:32Z")
I live in San Francisco, a few blocks from City Hall. ---
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Dallas, TX here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299.md?page=4)