# What one place in the USA have most Dopers been to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090 "2009-03-28T14:04:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/21 "2009-03-28T21:04:29Z")
Ok, I’ll play. I’ve been to (major NA cities): Montreal Toronto Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington, DC Cleveland Chicago Milwaukee Indianapolis St. Louis Minneapolis St Paul Denver San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco Portland, OR ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/22 "2009-03-28T21:05:19Z")
Disney, Orlando will get a lot of response. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/23 "2009-03-28T21:12:42Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I’ve been to most every (major) place on everyone’s lists, excluding Hawaii. I even have a free place to stay in Hawaii, just seems weird to fly 5-7 hours from Florida to get to another beach. You are seriously underestimating the flying time. Miami to Hawaii is about 5000 miles. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/24 "2009-03-28T21:19:46Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Disney, Orlando will get a lot of response. Especially since there and NY are the places non-US dopers will be most likely to have gone to. I’ve only been to Orlando and Gainsville, Florida, with a brief sojourn somewhere in Georgia (not Atlanta). ---
**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:** [March 28, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/25 "2009-03-28T21:33:57Z")
My guess would be either New York, ORD or the Grand Canyon. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/26 "2009-03-28T21:46:35Z")
This is going to be a hard list to come up with; where do I even start? Detroit, Michigan. Port Huron, Michigan. Mancelona, Michigan. San Diego, California. Los Angeles, California. San Francisco, California. San Jose, California. Monterey, California. Reno, Nevada, Lake Tahoe, CA and NV Boston, Massachusetts. Salem, New Hampshire. Ogdensburg, New York. Owego, New York. Lake Placid, New York. Portland, Maine. Calais, Maine Orlando, Florida. Spring Hill, Florida. St. Petersburg, Florida. Tampa, Florida. Houston, Texas. Sandusky, Ohio. Manchester, New Hampshire. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Chicago, Illinois. I’ve driven through and stopped in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina and I’m probably forgetting some places. Not to mention Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Sarnia, Windsor, Ottawa, and about 100 other small towns in Ontario and Quebec. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/27 "2009-03-28T22:24:19Z")
Hurricane, West Virginia. It’s on the way to everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/28 "2009-03-28T22:38:47Z")
I’ve been to every state except Alaska, and hit most of the major attractions in each state. The winner has got to be one of the Disneys, D.C., or NYC, with honorable mention to the Grand Canyon. Can’t imagine anything topping those. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/29 "2009-03-28T23:18:52Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > You are seriously underestimating the flying time. Miami to Hawaii is about 5000 miles. I’m not in Miami, but shortest trip time from Tampa to Honolulu is just under 12 hours. For some strange reason there are not a lot of direct flights. IF I could fly direct it would be about 8-10 hours each way. Plenty of islands much, much closer, they just have more of a Caribbean vs Polynesian feel. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/30 "2009-03-28T23:33:23Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I’ve been to every state except Alaska, and hit most of the major attractions in each state. The winner has got to be one of the Disneys, D.C., or NYC, with honorable mention to the Grand Canyon. Can’t imagine anything topping those. Gulp, I live in Arizona and haven’t been to the Grand Canyon! I’ve been to Disneyland, DisneyWorld, DC, and NYC though. ---
**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/31 "2009-03-28T23:57:27Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > my circle of friends may not be representative of the average (most are young, with the financial ability to travel). > > I need to remember how much difference in opportunity there is out there, and to be grateful for the things I have been given!!! [hijack] Perhaps you can persuade (judging by your screen name and nothing more) your rich friends to spend their excess funds traveling and frolicking instead of in the politics of taking away rights from ordinary people in my state? Because as much as you (as in the group of people in your state) have been given, why is it so important to use it to take away from what people in my state have been given? [/hijack] That being said, among non-commercial places, I would think one of the National Parks (Grand Canyon or Yosemite perhaps?) would be the best candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/32 "2009-03-29T00:11:27Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Gulp, I live in Arizona and haven’t been to the Grand Canyon! Confession time! I’ve been once . . . literally for about 5 minutes and it was ~80% obscured by a snowstorm. Still somehow breathtaking, though. Pictures do it no justice. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/33 "2009-03-29T01:34:22Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Hurricane, West Virginia. > > It’s on the way to everywhere. Which reminds me of Breezewood, PA. Hasn’t everyone driving across the north half of the country driven through there? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/34 "2009-03-29T02:24:08Z")
I’ve been to 49 states (all except North Dakota) and I had been to the most places in the US [I’ve Been Everywhere](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Been_Everywhere) song when we did a thread on it. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/35 "2009-03-29T02:30:48Z")
Vegas, baby, Vegas! (twice so far and another one in July…) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/36 "2009-03-29T02:39:43Z")
What **one** place? Based on the frequency of “What to do in Seattle” threads over the years, I’d have said Seattle. Seems like a really popular destination. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/37 "2009-03-29T02:40:41Z")
Akron, OH is my guess. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/38 "2009-03-29T02:48:40Z")
I’ve set foot in all of the Lower 48, and have either eaten or bought cigarettes and gasoline in all of them. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/39 "2009-03-29T02:56:01Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Akron, OH is my guess. Getting in your soapbox, are you? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2009, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090/40 "2009-03-29T08:38:49Z")
My first thought on seeing the thread title was that it would be either New York City or Las Vegas, but I like the idea that it’s one of the large hub airports. Of the contenders already mentioned, I’ve been to just about all of them except Orlando. Been to Disneyland twice, 36 years apart; Grand Canyon once, but I’ll be hiking across it this September. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-place-in-the-usa-have-most-dopers-been-to/491090.md?page=3)