# Where have you been, alphabetically? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100 "2017-01-14T11:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/21 "2017-01-14T22:50:40Z")
Amherst, NY Buffalo, NY Chicago, IL Denver, CO Eliat, Israel Frankfurt, Germany Glendale, AZ Haifa, Israel Indianapolis, IN Jerusalem, Israel Kitchener, Canada London, England Middletown, CT Narragansett, MA Oceanside, CA Pittsburgh, PA Quincy, MA Rochester, NY St. Louis, MO Toronto, Canada University City, MO Vienna, Austria Washington, DC X York, England Zanesville, OH ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/22 "2017-01-14T22:50:59Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Thus far, no nights in Quincy, Xenia, or Zephyr Cove. Hmm… I can highly recommend Zephyr Cove! Now is good if you like skiing. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/23 "2017-01-14T23:37:03Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I somehow missed X and Y. I got nothing for X, but Yreka, CA works for Y. There’s Zzyx in California. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/24 "2017-01-15T00:04:52Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I can highly recommend Zephyr Cove! Now is good if you like skiing. And I can recommend Xenia, Ohio, but not in tornado season. The town’s been virtually destroyed more than once. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/25 "2017-01-15T00:50:22Z")
In my home state: Anchorage, AK Adak, AK Barrow, Ak Barter Island, AK Cordova, AK Cape Romanzof, AK Cape Newenham, AK Delta Junction, AK Deadhorse, AK Eielson AFB, AK Fairbanks, AK Fort Yukon, AK Glennallen, AK Haines, AK Indian Mountain, AK Juneau, AK (birthplace) King Salmon, AK Kaktovik, AK Ketchikan, AK Kotzebue, AK Livengood, AK (pop. 13) Moose Pass, AK Ninilchik, AK Nome, AK O Portage, AK Palmer, AK Poker Creek, AK Q R (see Cape Romanzof) Seward, AK Sitka, AK Talkeetna, AK Tok Junction, AK Tin City, AK U Valdez, AK Whittier, AK Wasilla, AK X Yakutat, AK Z ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/26 "2017-01-15T01:04:33Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > There’s Zzyx in California. Zzyzx. Ya missed a “z”, there. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/27 "2017-01-15T01:42:29Z")
Ardmore, OK Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis Cartagena, Colombia Dosquebradas, Colombia Egg Harbor, WI Fountain Inn, SC Gustavia, St Barthelemy Hampton, TN Isla Mujeres, Mexico Jupiter, FL Key West, FL Lexington, KY Medellin, Colombia Nassau, The Bahamas Old Man Bay, Cayman Islands Pereira, Colombia Qawra, Malta Rabat, Malta San Pedro, Belize Taormina, Italy Unicoi, TN Valletta, Malta Wichita, KS Xlendi, Malta York, NE Zurrieq, Malta ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/28 "2017-01-15T02:16:47Z")
Home Cookin’ version: Ann Arbor, MI Birch Run, MI Charlevoix, MI Dearborn, MI Elk Rapids, MI Flat Rock, MI Glen Arbor, MI Harbor Springs, MI Interlochen, MI Jackson, MI Kalamazoo, MI Leland, MI Mackinac Island, MI Northport, MI Owosso, MI Petoskey, MI Q Redford, MI Sault Ste. Marie, MI Trenton, MI Utica, MI Van Buren, MI Whitefish Point, MI X Ypsilanti, MI Zilwaukee, MI Haven’t been to any Michigan Qs. There are no Michigan Xs, far as I can see. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/29 "2017-01-15T03:29:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Zzyzx. Ya missed a “z”, there. Ah, so I did. Thanks, Gato friend. I’ve never actually been there, just zzzzzyped past the exit sign on the I-15 Autobahn. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/30 "2017-01-15T03:31:58Z")
In the US, with no state repeats except Ohio (I’ll have to get myself to Zebulon, Georgia and then pick a different A): Atlanta, Georgia Bennington, Vermont Chicago, Illinois Denver, Colorado Elizabeth, New Jersey Flagstaff, Arizona Grinnell, Iowa Hilo, Hawaii Indianapolis, Indiana Jessup, Maryland Ketchikan, Alaska Las Vegas, Nevada Missoula, Montana New Haven, Connecticut Oregon City, Oregon Pawtucket, Rhode Island Queens, New York Reston, Virginia Santa Fe, New Mexico Tampa, Florida Uxbridge, Massachusetts Vancouver, Washington Wilmington, Delaware Xenia, Ohio Yreka, California Zanesville, Ohio ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/31 "2017-01-15T03:45:49Z")
Countries: Argentina Botswana Cambodia Denmark Egypt Fiji Greece Hungary India Jamaica Korea, South L Malta Netherlands O Palestine Q Romania San Marino Thailand United States Vanuatu W [no sovereign states begin with W, but I have been to Wales] X - Y Z ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/32 "2017-01-15T04:08:56Z")
Ready to tackle this Herculean Task: Alaska, Brazil, Columbia, Denver Ely, Florida, Grover’s, Haiti Indy, Jamaica, King’s Canyon, Lincoln Montana, Nelson’s, Oregon, Prescott Quincy, Rhyolite, Silver Springs, Texas Utica, Vancouver, Washington X Radio, Zephyr Cove ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/33 "2017-01-15T04:32:39Z")
Non-US cities [common English names] Aswan, Egypt Bridgetown, Barbados Cartagena, Colombia Dravuni Island, Fiji Ephesus, Turkey Florence, Italy Gabarone, Botswana Hạ Long, Viet Nam Incheon, South Korea Jaffa, Israel Kotor, Montenegro Limón, Costa Rica Marseille, France Novi Sad, Serbia Ottawa, Canada Phnom Penh, Cambodia Querétaro, Mexico Roseau, Dominica Sydney, Australia Tallinn, Estonia Ushuaia, Argentina Valletta, Malta Warnemünde, Germany Xi’an, China York, England Zurich, Switzerland Thanks. I really needed something fun to do this evening! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/34 "2017-01-15T06:16:08Z")
Came up one letter short. Also tried to do all non-US locations, but couldn’t quite swing it. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Barcelona, Spain Cairo, Egypt Denver, CO Edinburgh, United Kingdom Florence, Italy Geneva, Switzerland Harare, Zimbabwe Iquitos, Peru Johannesburg, South Africa Kansas City, MO Luanda, Angola Monaco New Orleans, LA Oxnard, CA Paris, France Quito, Ecuador Rome, Italy Sfax, Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Uniontown, PA Villahermosa, Mexico Washington, DC **X - none** York, PA Zurich, Switzerland ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/35 "2017-01-15T06:30:24Z")
Adelaide Budapest Columbus, Ohio Detroit Edmonton Florence Gold Coast. Queensland Hay, NSW Ironton, Ohio Jerusalem Kurri Kurri Leeds Melbourne Newcastle, NSW Osaka Paris Quebec City Rome Savannah, Georgia Toronto Urbana, Illinois Victoria, BC Washington, DC Xenia, Ohio Youngstown, Ohio Zagreb ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/36 "2017-01-15T13:12:46Z")
Amritsar, India Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Castleblayney, Irish Republic Dĕčín, Czech Republic Ettelbruck, Luxembourg Francistown, Botswana Greenisland, Northern Ireland Hendaye, France Inverness, Scotland Jaipur, India Köln, Germany Ljubljana, Slovenia Margecany, Slovakia Namur, Belgium Odense, Denmark Ponferrada, Spain Quorn, England Resavica, Serbia Saalfeld, Germany Timişoara, Romania Utrecht, Netherlands Vinkovci, Croatia Welshpool, Wales Xinlitun, China Yebaishou, China Zielona Góra, Poland ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/37 "2017-01-15T13:59:21Z")
Cities/towns where I’ve made a skydive: Albuquerque NM Brockport NY Charleston MO Davis CA Eagleville TN Freedom PA Goshen IN Hazen AR I Jean NV Kapowsin WA Lebanon ME Moab UT Napoleon MI Ocean City MD Pell City AL Quincy IL Richmond IN Sallisaw OK T U Virginia Beach VA West Fargo ND Xenia OH Yazoo City MS Z To complete the list, places I’ve been here in New Mexico: Isleta Pueblo NM Taos NM Ute Lake NM Zia Pueblo NM ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/38 "2017-01-15T15:15:23Z")
Auckland, NZ Bremerton, WA Chicago, IL Denver, CO Ensenada, MX Forks, WA George, WA Hoquiam, WA Issaquah, WA John Day, OR Ketchikan, AK Los Angeles, CA Mazatlan, MX Newport, OR Onalaska, WA Portland, OR Queenstown, NZ Racine, WI San Francisco, CA Tacoma, WA Upland, CA Victoria, BC Westport, OR, NZ, WA X Yakima, WA Zillah, WA ---
**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:** [January 15, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/39 "2017-01-15T17:23:43Z")
Countries: Austria Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria Czechoslovakia (back when it was called that), Canada Denmark Egypt Finland, France Germany, Greece, Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Kenya Luxembourg Mali Netherlands, Norway O Poland, Portugal Q Romania, Russia Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, Spain Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey United Kingdom, United States, Uganda Vietnam W, X Yugoslavia (when it was called that) Zimbabwe ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100/40 "2017-01-15T18:30:19Z")
If you’re a traveling sort, I recommend Xi’an for filling in your non-US X. [Terracotta warriors!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army#/media/File:Terracotta_Army,_View_of_Pit_1.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100.md?page=3)