# What is the largest city in your country, that you have not been to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 9, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191 "2014-08-09T22:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/21 "2014-08-10T01:16:32Z")
Townsville, QLD ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/22 "2014-08-10T01:26:27Z")
Los Angeles. I have been to most if not all of the major cities East of the Mississippi, but only a handful West of the Mississippi. Detroit is one city that I know I have never visited. I have never been to any major city in California or Arizona but I have been in both states. (Lake Tahoe and Hoover Dam). I have been to Vegas, Denver, Seattle, Dallas, and Houston. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/23 "2014-08-10T01:30:19Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > NYC, the biggest city in the country. Of the 10 biggest cities in the US I think I’ve only been to 2-3 Same here. The largest city I’ve been to (was born there) is Los Angeles, which ranks No. 2 on Wikipedia’s list. Haven’t been to No. 1 (New York), or No. 3 (Chicago) but have been to the other large cities in the West: San Diego, San Jose, and Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/24 "2014-08-10T01:40:34Z")
Does spending a week in Long Beach count as having been to LA? If so, Houston. Of not, LA. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/25 "2014-08-10T01:46:45Z")
I’ve been to New York, LA, and Chicago, but not Houston. If I ever go to Houston, I will be sure to walk right. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/26 "2014-08-10T01:49:15Z")
I’ve never been to New York City (I drove from Virginia to New England and purposely drove around New York because no way was I going to drive into it). I’ve also never been to Chicago or Dallas, though I did change planes in Dallas once. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/27 "2014-08-10T01:53:28Z")
Calgary and then Victoria for me. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/28 "2014-08-10T01:54:13Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > By population, the biggest city for the US, is New York, NY, so that would be it for me, as I suspect it will be for most of us. > > For reference, the next few on the list are: > LA > Chicago (been to that one) > Houston > Philly > Phoenix Even though one of my best friends lives there, I’ve never been to LA. I hope to fix that within the next few years. I’ve also never been to Houston or Phoenix, but I’ve less incentive to fix those. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/29 "2014-08-10T02:15:29Z")
If you count “city” as within the outer bypass loop, it would be Phoenix, followed by Honolulu and Anchorage. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/30 "2014-08-10T02:35:49Z")
Hobart. Although I really only went to Perth as a child or, as an adult, passing through the airport on my way somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/31 "2014-08-10T03:01:55Z")
In the top 20 I’ve never been to Dallas/Ft Worth. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/32 "2014-08-10T03:09:06Z")
At the top of the list: I lived in or around NYC for 25 years, but have never been to LA. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/33 "2014-08-10T03:27:03Z")
In Canada, the largest city I have never been to is Laval. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/34 "2014-08-10T03:27:26Z")
Number 6, [Málaga](http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Municipios_de_Espa%C3%B1a_por_poblaci%C3%B3n). The other one I’m missing in the first 30 is number 9, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/35 "2014-08-10T03:35:58Z")
I’ve been to New York, and to the Los Angeles area (Irvine/Costa Mesa), but I haven’t been to Chicago yet, other than to switch planes in O’Hare. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/36 "2014-08-10T03:55:48Z")
I’ve been around, at least in the US. #50 Buffalo. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/37 "2014-08-10T04:04:14Z")
Chicago ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/38 "2014-08-10T05:13:58Z")
If I understand the question correctly, the largest city I’ve never been to is San Antonio, which is #7, since I’ve been to Phoenix, at #6. Never been to NY, LA, Chicago, Houston, or Philly. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/39 "2014-08-10T05:18:29Z")
How long a layover in an airport does it have to be to count? I’ve only been in the airport in Chicago on a long layover. After that it would be Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191/40 "2014-08-10T05:20:51Z")
> [@Busy\_Scissors](#): > > Don’t have to go so far down the list for me - never been to Bradford (11th) or Cardiff (12th) or Hull (15th). > Never visiting Cardiff is pretty poor, tbh, I should put that right. Hull as well - now they’ve got electricity and running water there’s no reason not to go. I might be considered to be stretching things a bit, to claim Cardiff: have passed through by train / changed trains there a good number of times, and passed close by, by road heading further west; but to the best of my recollection, have never paused to explore the city. Giles in his “15 biggest metro areas” thread on IMHO, would per his standard set there, disallow Cardiff for me. However – I enjoy, and have an interest in, travelling by rail: so if I’ve passed through a place on a train, I’m happy to count it. A couple of other towns on my “been-to” list, I have also only passed through by train. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191.md?page=3)