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
I can highly recommend Zephyr Cove! Now is good if you like skiing.
There’s Zzyx in California.
And I can recommend Xenia, Ohio, but not in tornado season. The town’s been virtually destroyed more than once.
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
Zzyzx. Ya missed a “z”, there.
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
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
Ah, so I did. Thanks, Gato friend.
I’ve never actually been there, just zzzzzyped past the exit sign on the I-15 Autobahn.
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
If you’re a traveling sort, I recommend Xi’an for filling in your non-US X. Terracotta warriors!
