# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/61 "2011-03-29T13:26:46Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > **Omar Little** , what did you base your poll on? > [@Omar\_Little](#): > > The wiki page for [top 50 cities in the US](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_US_cities)… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/62 "2011-03-29T14:16:14Z")
I’m the 5th person to be closest to Washington, DC, but the first to post about it. For whatever that’s worth. 🙂 I grew up (mostly) in the Baltimore 'burbs, and now I live in the DC 'burbs – though I’m hoping to move to DC proper in a couple of months. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/63 "2011-03-29T14:33:16Z")
Detroit with Chicago in 2nd place. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/64 "2011-03-29T14:44:34Z")
Denver City Denver. Go Mariners! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/65 "2011-03-30T15:31:49Z")
I’d love to see this poll re-done with the ability to see who answered what, and with Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington merged into one option. I also just remembered something which means I answered the question incorrectly on a technicality. There’s an arm of Fort Worth that stretches east far enough that it’s between Bedford and Arlington. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/66 "2011-03-30T16:05:01Z")
Berge County, New Jersey, the 'burbs of NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/67 "2011-03-30T16:20:38Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Milwaukee is about 10 miles closer than Detroit ,tho it would take me much longer to drive there. Not if the lake is frozen! > [@missred](#): > > I’m just 13 miles and several exits on I-40 from Nashville. Missred is my Wilson County buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/68 "2011-03-30T17:48:25Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > It’s Sacramento…and it’s where I’ve called home for 43 years 🙂 Yep, me too. I see the OP dedicated much more time to typing all this in than I would have. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/69 "2011-03-30T17:52:25Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Berge County, New Jersey, the 'burbs of NYC. Berge_n_? 🙂 That’s where my grandparents lived – Maywood, to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/70 "2011-03-30T18:15:58Z")
Right, Bergen (damn broken wrist). I’m in Englewood. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/71 "2011-03-30T18:18:04Z")
679 miles from Seattle as the crow flies, seems like it’s cheeting ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/72 "2011-03-30T19:06:04Z")
Livin’ in Cowtown, OH here! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/73 "2011-03-30T19:16:27Z")
4 hours from Boston, 6 from New York, 2 from Montreal. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/74 "2011-03-30T19:17:21Z")
I checked Sacramento as I didn’t notice Fresno on the list which I’m seven miles closer to. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/75 "2011-03-30T19:18:06Z")
I live in #29, Portland, Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/76 "2011-03-30T19:19:43Z")
> [@RainGrowsBrite](#): > > Me too me too!🆒 I’m chiming in just to let everyone know that I voted in this poll. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/77 "2011-03-30T21:22:22Z")
Philadelphia, PA born and raised. Nowz I live in Delaware on the DelMarVa peninsula. 🙂 (Still means Phila, PA is closest big city) . ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/78 "2011-03-30T22:12:00Z")
I’m about an hour north of Miami. It’s HOT out. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/79 "2011-03-30T23:18:04Z")
58 miles from Indianapolis, 108 from Chicago. According to a newspaper article I read around the time the Colts played the Bears in the Super Bowl a few years ago, the nearby hamlet of Americus (through which I occasionally pass, but never stop) is equidistant between those two major cities. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299/80 "2011-03-31T09:34:55Z")
I wish that this came with a map–it would have made things much easier. I’d’ve had to look up the cities in all the neighboring states if I hadn’t found [this map](http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/usa-maps/united-states-map-with-major-cities.html). And I still wound up having to look up four different cities. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-which-us-city-are-you-closest-too-out-of-the-top-50/576299.md?page=5)