Inspired by this post from 2013 (about where the worst drivers are):
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 30, 2013, 12:46:41 PM
Miami. I have driven in every major US metropolitan area larger than, oh approximately Branson, Missouri. so I think I have a good scientific basis for this opinion... and, trust me, folks, it's Miami.
For both city proper and metro area, I have set foot in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, but I have never entered Texas at all (even passing through), so under any definition of "entering", the largest city and largest metro area I have not been in are Dallas-Fort Worth for metro area and Houston for city proper (both ranking 4th).
Any place in Texas, NYC, Seattle, Portland and a few more. Hope to change all that in the coming yrs.
Nexus 6P
I was thinking about starting a thread like this. There's 382 MSAs in the USA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas) (a few more if Puerto Rico becomes a state).
I've been to the 47 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Largest ones I haven't been to:
48. Salt Lake City (airport connections only)
50. Buffalo
51. Rochester
53. Tuscon
54. Honolulu
56. Fresno
Edit: took care of the first two in 2018.
I can say I've spent at least 5+ days in each one of the top 30 (the exception being only three days in Las Vegas).
In the lower 48 States that would be Omaha.
I believe we have a thread like this one somewhere.
I don't have to go far down the list - the winner is Chicago. My top five:
#3 Chicago
(#4 DFW - airport connections only)
(#5 Houston - airport connections only)
#11 San Francisco
#12 Phoenix
#13 Riverside
#14 Detroit
Smallest MSA I have visited: #365 Parkersburg (on account of having family in Vienna).
Quote from: Eth on May 26, 2017, 11:25:55 AM
Smallest MSA I have visited: #365 Parkersburg (on account of having family in Vienna).
#364 Pine Bluff, Arkansas is the smallest that I've spent a over a week for work in; there's a few like Walla Walla or Lewsiton that I just drove through once or twice.
Largest one I haven't been to is DFW.
I've never been to the NYC metro area :colorful:. It's not even that far away, but my family hasn't gotten around to visiting the big apple.
For me it is Los Angeles... I grew up in NJ near NYC and Philadelphia...
LGMS428
Metropolitan area:
Dallas-Ft. Worth (airport connections only)
San Antonio (not at all)
City proper:
Phoenix (airport connections only)
San Antonio (not at all)
I keep a list of this kind of info (http://www.teresco.org/pics/metroareas.txt (http://www.teresco.org/pics/metroareas.txt)), but it doesn't match this one exactly and is only top 75. Admittedly, I haven't spent significant time in or even necessarily stopped in each that I count as "visited" but at least I've been through on the ground. I have the top 51, and of the top 100, I'm missing only 5:
#52 Grand Rapids, MI
#56 Fresno, CA
#62 Bakersfield, CA (looks like I need to drive CA 99)
#66 McAllen, TX
#77 Stockton, CA (yep, need CA 99)
Maybe I can take an hour this weekend and expand my list to all 382 MSAs.
Largest metro I've not been in: #2; LA
Smallest metro I've been in: #308; Pittsfield, MA
Being that I've never been to California, take a guess.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Miami, Boston.
I've only been to Dallas-Ft. Worth to change planes.
And I haven't been to Houston at all.
Largest I haven't been to: NYC. In fact, the only ones in the top 10 I've been to are Chicago and Washington.
Smallest I have been to: Danville, IL, driving through on I-74
Smallest I've spent a considerable amount of time in: Dubuque, IA
New York City - I never traveled to the US East coast. I have visited L.A. the 2nd largest metro area in the US. And managed to visit all of CA's 6 largest cities: San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento and Fresno. Also I been to all of CA's cities over 300,000 people: Long Beach, Oakland, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Bakersfield, Stockton and Riverside (not far from Palm Springs area).
Largest ones I haven't been to in the top 100:
14. Detroit
35. San Jose (maybe)
52. Grand rapids
54. Honolulu
55. Tulsa
56. Fresno
62. Bakersfield
66. McAllen
67. Oxnard
77. Stockton
79. Colorado Springs
87. Wichita
Quote from: hbelkins on May 26, 2017, 12:18:57 PM
Being that I've never been to California, take a guess.
Barstow?
NYC for me. Heck, I've never even been close to the BosWash Corridor! Back in 1st grade a female classmate whose father was a doctor took their family to the Big Apple. I was so jealous of her luck!
Rick
For me, from the top 100 US MSA's, it's:
#30 Kansas City,
#46 New Orleans
#55 Tulsa
#49 Omaha
#66 McAllen, TX
#70 Baton Rouge
#74 Charlston, SC
#76 Little Rock
#78 Fort Meyers, FL
#79 Colorado Springs
#89 Witcheta, KS
#89 Des Moines, IA
#90 Springfield, MA
#93 Augusta, GA
#95 Melbourne, FL
#98 Spokane
I will haven't done Chicago any sort of justice, so that would be #1. Then probably Houston and Dallas. I also need to get to Detroit.
While I traveled across country a lot with my family growing up, we seemed to generally avoid time in major metros. As an adult on my own, it's a bit different.
Never been to NYC, Los Angeles, or Chicago. The largest ones I have been to are Houston (city) and DFW (metro).
Fine...I'll play. Out of the top 100 largest cities per the new 2016 estimates, the 27 (if I counted correctly) I haven't been to. Hitting Miami and Hialeah this summer, though.
8. San Diego
10. San Jose
33. Tucson
34. Fresno
35. Sacramento
36. Mesa
40. Colorado Springs
42. Miami
47. Tulsa
53. Bakersfield
58. Corpus Christi
59. Riverside (may have driven through; can't remember)
62. Stockton
66. Anchorage
69. Plano (believe I just missed it on the turnpike)
74. Chula Vista
75. Irvine (another near miss)
80. Laredo
83. Lubbock
84. Chandler, AZ
86. Glendale, AZ
89. Winston-Salem
91. Irving, TX (managed to go around it)
93. Gilbert
94. Hialeah
96. Fremont, CA
100. San Bernardino, CA (near miss)
Oh wait...we're supposed to go by MSAs? Let's see here...out of the top 100, I haven't been to 9:
17. San Diego-Carlsbad
27. Sacramento-Roseville, etc.
35. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (can't believe it)
53. Tucson
55. Tulsa
56. Fresno
62. Bakersfield
66. McAllen, etc.
93. Augusta, etc.
Using recently-released 2016 estimates (you're welcome):
Largest US cities that I have not visited:
10) San Jose 1,025,350
20) El Paso 683,080
22) Boston 673,184
Largest MSAs that I have not visited:
18) Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 3,032,171
25) Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 2,424,955
27) Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade 2,296,418
Top MSAs not visited:
#3 Chicago
#4 Dallas
(#5 Houston if airport connections don't count)
#6 Washington
I could go on and on, I'll spare you :P (the next one down I have been to is #11 San Fran/Oakland)
Smallest MSAs I have visited:
#382 Carson City, NV (hey this is the smallest overall! I never knew this was its own MSA; far enough removed from Reno and a state capital so it makes sense I suppose)
#380 Lewiston, ID
#379 Walla Walla, WA (odd how geographically close this is to Lewiston, being next to each other on the list)
#371 Pocatello, ID
#368 Grants Pass, OR
Also worth nothing that some MSAs seem silly, such as the fact that the city of North Salt Lake, UT (which is like 7 miles from downtown SLC, and the city limits border each other), is not in the Salt Lake City MSA, but instead is in the Ogden MSA (much farther away). Yes there is a CSA encompassing all that, but CSAs are overly large sometimes, as the SLC CSA includes Provo (reasonable, though still somewhat far away) and the Portland CSA includes places like Corvallis (WTF?)!
Quote from: doorknob60 on May 26, 2017, 04:20:32 PM
Top MSAs not visited:
#3 Chicago
#4 Dallas
(#5 Houston if airport connections don't count)
#6 Washington
I could go on and on, I'll spare you :P (the next one down I have been to is #11 San Fran/Oakland)
Smallest MSAs I have visited:
#382 Carson City, NV (hey this is the smallest overall! I never knew this was its own MSA; far enough removed from Reno and a state capital so it makes sense I suppose)
#380 Lewiston, ID
#379 Walla Walla, WA (odd how geographically close this is to Lewiston, being next to each other on the list)
#371 Pocatello, ID
#368 Grants Pass, OR
Also worth nothing that some MSAs seem silly, such as the fact that the city of North Salt Lake, UT (which is like 7 miles from downtown SLC, and the city limits border each other), is not in the Salt Lake City MSA, but instead is in the Ogden MSA (much farther away). Yes there is a CSA encompassing all that, but CSAs are overly large sometimes, as the SLC CSA includes Provo (reasonable, though still somewhat far away) and the Portland CSA includes places like Corvallis (WTF?)!
MSAs are comprised of counties. Apparently, the county containing NSL (Davis) has more people commuting to the county containing Ogden (Weber) than to the county containing SLC (Salt Lake), even though the city of NSL itself likely has more people commuting to Salt Lake.
NYC for me. Been to LA, and live near Chicago.
Of the top 10 metro areas I have not visited:
2. LA
3. Chicago
4. DFW
5. Houston
I consider 4 to be within driving distance (NY, Boston, Philly, DC), and I lived for 8 months in one (Philly). The NYC combined statistical area borders my town.
Atlanta is the only of the top 10 that I've visited and not left the airport. Miami and Atlanta are the only 2 I have visited and not driven in.
Smallest I passed through in a car is Ocean City, NJ (#363). Smallest I've spent time and driven in is Gettysburg (#349)
NYC except to the airport awaiting a transfer.
Driven and/or ridden motorcycle in all others except Atlanta proper. I sort of "skirted it".
Oh, sorry, Baltimore is another never been to yet.
I've never been to California, so Los Angeles is an easy call here for me. Grew up visiting New York regularly, although I'm a little surprised to realize I haven't been there in almost seven years now.
Los Angeles.
Looks like it's Fresno for me, too; everything else I've at least touched or driven through (and I'm not 100% sure I haven't driven through Fresno, frankly).
But there are a few on the list I don't really feel I've visited: no real time spent in the city proper, nor even an overnight in the suburban area, that sort of thing. Largest of these is Houston, with Minneapolis/St. Paul, Indianapolis and Portland, OR also being notable. Even so, I've flown into PDX, spent a lunch hour at the Mall of America, and made several road trips through downtown Indy.
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Houston and the rest of Texas
I went to LA when I was 7.
Probably NYC. I always have wanted to go, but never had the time.
I'd have to say that the only U.S. metro areas I have yet to visit or traverse are mostly in south Texas: the McAllen/Harlingen/Brownsville general area (I-2's on my bucket list to clinch); this would also include Laredo & environs and the Corpus Christi metro area. One other to mention: Bangor, ME. Was going to visit there (along with Acadia N.P.) back in 1989, but car trouble stuck me in Portland (ME) for a couple of extra days, so I had to cut that leg of my trip short. Again, bucket list.
LA
Seattle, Washington for me (I think).
I have never been in any part of New York City and have no desire to do so.
Jeez. Out of the top ten, I'm missing NYNY, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Boston.
I really need to head east more often. (Have stayed in every state west of the Mississippi except for Oregon, Idaho, and Montana)
Largest MSA I haven't been to: #54 Honolulu, HI
Of the 48 states, the largest I haven't been to is.... not on the list. So far, I haven't been to a few parts of northern Michigan, parts of South Dakota and North Dakota, some places in northeast Michigan, a few stray counties of Maine, Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard in MA, and a few stray independent towns in Virginia.
And out of all of them, can't find one that is an MSA I haven't been in. Which surprised me but I guess northern Minnesota is taken by Grand Forks, St. Cloud, and Duluth, and I've been across US2, so even Bemidji would be taken. Though International Falls is notable, it's hardly big enough to be an MSA unto itself.
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Quote from: wanderer2575 on May 27, 2017, 05:08:47 PM
I have never been in any part of New York City and have no desire to do so.
I'm always a little surprised to hear this from a roads enthusiast (especially one with "wanderer" in his name). ;-)
Is the city's infrastructure just not your scene roads-wise? Is it because the place has become so genericized recently?
And do others of you find that your interest in roads doesn't necessarily translate into an interest in travel?
Quote from: empirestate on May 28, 2017, 12:37:09 AM
Quote from: wanderer2575 on May 27, 2017, 05:08:47 PM
I have never been in any part of New York City and have no desire to do so.
I'm always a little surprised to hear this from a roads enthusiast (especially one with "wanderer" in his name). ;-)
Is the city's infrastructure just not your scene roads-wise? Is it because the place has become so genericized recently?
And do others of you find that your interest in roads doesn't necessarily translate into an interest in travel?
I have a gas guzzling SUV and live with parents who would wonder why I would drive 6 hours to explore roads and sightsee, so it's not in the cards for me anytime soon.
At the same time, I've been to NYC, but AFAIK nowhere east of Manhattan, and nowhere in Manhattan but the cruise terminals and tunnels anyway.
Outside of that I've been up and down I-87 before Latham, but not above this.
Miami.
I have never been to New York City, but of the top 10 the only other two I've never set foot in are Philadelphia and San Jose.
The farthest west I've ever been is San Antonio so I guess my answer would be Los Angeles
Houston for me.
Although I can barely count my visit to NYC. My father wasn't a big fan of the Big Apple, so on our trip up the East Coast in the sixties Dad didn't stop the car at all while passing through from NJ to Connecticut. It was a foggy morning, so I didn't even get to see the skyline. :-(
It's odd that I never got back there in all these years.
Houston,
...
oh wait that's it.
for 11-100:
Charlotte,
Miami metro (3),
Tampa/St Pete (2),
Honolulu,
Corpus Christi,
Cincinnati,
Anchorage,
Fort Wayne,
Hialeah (FL)
Richmond (VA)
Boise
I've never been to Los Angeles or Houston so that's 2 of the top 4 right there.
I've only been to Los Angeles through a connection at LAX. If that counts, I've never been to Chicago.
Houston. But now that my brother and sis-in-law live there I have more of an excuse to visit.
I've been in Chicago multiple times, but never had the opportunity to explore. I would really love to one of these days (but not in the winter).
now it's NYC for me
San Antonio by city size, Atlanta by metro size, not counting airports.
If airports count as visits, Pittsburgh is the largest I've never been to.
Well, this one is pretty easy for me. I've never been to New York.
Beyond that...
I haven't been to Houston since about third grade.
I've never been to Philadelphia or Miami.
In Atlanta, I never stepped foot outside the airport.
I need to hit the road. I am missing more than I would have figured. I haven't been to Boston so Boston would be the biggie for me.
Dallas-Fort Worth if you don't count changing planes (which I don't).
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on January 02, 2018, 01:44:41 PM
I need to hit the road. I am missing more than I would have figured. I haven't been to Boston so Boston would be the biggie for me.
Boston is more famous than its population (ranked 22nd for city proper) would suggest.
I've been to NYC, but I haven't been any farther than Ohio to the west, North Carolina to the south, and Niagara Falls/NYC to the northeast, so this answer is easy: Los Angeles. And Chicago, and Houston, and Phoenix. And anything else not in that region. :P
I've only been thru Chicago, but haven't stopped there. The largest city I've never been in whatsoever is Houston.
My answer is simple: New York City.
LA.
I've been to Chicago (duh,) San Fran, Seattle, Denver, St Louis, Indianapolis, Memphis, New Orleans, NY, Philly, DC, Atlanta, Vancouver BC, Toronto, Omaha, Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit
Quote from: inkyatari on January 02, 2018, 03:09:47 PM
I've been to Chicago (duh,)
You'd be surprised. Back in the 80s, my family knew people in Joliet who'd never been to Chicago.
Quote from: kphoger on January 02, 2018, 03:11:16 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on January 02, 2018, 03:09:47 PM
I've been to Chicago (duh,)
You'd be surprised. Back in the 80s, my family knew people in Joliet who'd never been to Chicago.
HOnestly, that doesn't surprise me. I grew up in Jtown, and we were always trying to be known as Joliet, and not "the far SW suburbs"
1. NYC - yep
2. LA - nope
3. Chicago - nope
4. DC/Baltimore - yep
5. SF Bay Area - nope
6. Boston - nope
7. D/FW - yep
8. Philly - yep
9. Miami - nope
10. Houston - I'd certainly hope so
11. ATL - only the airport
12. Detroit - nope
13. Sea-Tac - nope
14. Phoenix - nope
15. Twin Cities - nope
16. Cleveland - airport
17. Denver - yep
18. San Diego - nope
19. Portland - nope
20. Orlando - yep
Quote from: inkyatari on January 02, 2018, 03:12:41 PM
Quote from: kphoger on January 02, 2018, 03:11:16 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on January 02, 2018, 03:09:47 PM
I've been to Chicago (duh,)
You'd be surprised. Back in the 80s, my family knew people in Joliet who'd never been to Chicago.
HOnestly, that doesn't surprise me. I grew up in Jtown, and we were always trying to be known as Joliet, and not "the far SW suburbs"
Which is funny, because I lived in the NW suburbs and we never considered Joilet as being in the suburbs at all-we always thought of it as its own city.
Quote from: slorydn1 on January 02, 2018, 03:45:12 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on January 02, 2018, 03:12:41 PM
Quote from: kphoger on January 02, 2018, 03:11:16 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on January 02, 2018, 03:09:47 PM
I've been to Chicago (duh,)
You'd be surprised. Back in the 80s, my family knew people in Joliet who'd never been to Chicago.
HOnestly, that doesn't surprise me. I grew up in Jtown, and we were always trying to be known as Joliet, and not "the far SW suburbs"
Which is funny, because I lived in the NW suburbs and we never considered Joilet as being in the suburbs at all-we always thought of it as its own city.
We lived in New Lenox in the 1980s, and I never thought of Joliet as anything but a suburb. Besides, Bill and Ted confirmed that Aurora is a suburb of Chicago.
Of the top 25, I'm missing:
3. Chicago
4. Dallas
5. Houston
13. Inland Empire
14. Detroit (airport only)
15. Seattle
16. Minneapolis (airport only)
17. San Diego
18. Tampa
19. Denver
24. San Antonio
25. Portland
The smallest I've visited is #377 Hinesville, GA
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 02, 2018, 12:09:09 PM
now it's NYC for me
Now? What was it before (and how did that change)? :hmmm: :-P
Quote from: 1 on January 02, 2018, 01:56:06 PM
Boston is more famous than its population (ranked 22nd for city proper) would suggest.
As is San Francisco...or Wilmington, DE. I started a thread about that once, actually; trying to find a way to measure the "apparent magnitude" of a city, rather than ranking on pure population counts.
New York City. I hope to fix that in the next few years when I visit Yankee Stadium and Citi Field.
In the top 25, I'm missing:
2. LA-airport only
3. Chicago
7. Philadelphia
8. Miami
12. Phoenix
13. Inland Empire
14. Detroit-airport only
16. Minneapolis-airport only
18. Tampa
21. Baltimore
22. Charlotte
25. Portland
Quote from: ce929wax on January 02, 2018, 06:37:26 PM
New York City. I hope to fix that in the next few years when I visit Yankee Stadium and Citi Field.
Yankee stadium sucks. Don't go within 20 miles of it.
Quote from: 1 on January 02, 2018, 08:05:34 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 02, 2018, 08:04:15 PM
Quote from: ce929wax on January 02, 2018, 06:37:26 PM
New York City. I hope to fix that in the next few years when I visit Yankee Stadium and Citi Field.
Yankee stadium sucks. Don't go within 20 miles of it.
Do you realize how large 20 miles is?
Still well within NYC metro.
(I didn't mean to delete my post; I meant to revert my modification.)
My original post that I accidentally deleted:
Do you realize how large 20 miles is?
I've been to more than I thought, but I'm missing a bunch. I'm shocked to see the Unifour and my hometown Lenoir at #147. I've been to these in the Top 25:
1. New York
3. Chicago
6. Washington
7. Philadelphia (via Wilmington DE)
9. Atlanta
20. St. Louis
21. Baltimore
22. Charlotte
24. San Antonio
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 02, 2018, 08:06:18 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 02, 2018, 08:05:34 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 02, 2018, 08:04:15 PM
Quote from: ce929wax on January 02, 2018, 06:37:26 PM
New York City. I hope to fix that in the next few years when I visit Yankee Stadium and Citi Field.
Yankee stadium sucks. Don't go within 20 miles of it.
Do you realize how large 20 miles is?
Still well within NYC metro.
I reverted my modification of a previous post, but I didn't realize that you misinterpreted me.
I meant that avoiding everything within 20 miles of Yankee Stadium means avoiding the entirety of Manhattan plus more. The Empire State Building, which has absolutely nothing to do with Yankee Stadium, is only
6 miles away.
NYC for me. Unlike ce, that won't be fixed the next few years.
I'm missing a lot. I'll say that.
Here's what I haven't been to yet (Out of the top 25):
1. New York City.
2. Los Angeles.
3. Chicago.
5. Houston.
6. Washington DC.
7. Philadelphia
8. Miami/Fort Lauderdale
9. Atlanta (as much as I really wanna go here...)
10. Boston (I haven't mentioned that I've never been anywhere in New England yet...)
11. San Francisco Bay Area
12. Phoenix (I also really wanna go here too...)
13. Inland Empire
14. Detroit
15. Seattle
16. Minneapolis
17. San Diego (I should also mention I've never been to the west coast either.)
18. Tampa Bay Area (I haven't been to any part of Florida yet.)
19. Denver
21. Baltimore
22. Charlotte
23. Orlando
24. San Antonio
25. Portland/Vancouver.
I go to many smaller Metro Areas and Micropolitan Areas a lot more often. It's pretty easy to tell.
Smallest Metropolitan Area I've visited was Pine Bluff, Arkansas. (Population: ~91,000)
Largest Micropolitan Area I've visited was Russellville, Arkansas. (Population: ~85,000)
I went to LA last year, wasn't impressed. SF Bay Area is so much better.
The largest MSA I have not to been to is Los Angeles, however, the largest CSA I have not been to is SF-OAK-SJ.
This is because I have passed through the Riverside-San Bernardino MSA on I-15 to I-215 back to I-15 during the San Diego to Las Vegas leg of a family vacation when I was a kid.
Seattle is a glaring hole in my travel resume (although I have been to southern WA). I'd follow that up with New Orleans, Honolulu and Anchorage. Can't think of any other significant metros in the US that I have not visited at least once.
Houston and Atlanta just the airports, Phoenix never visited at all.
Atlanta will at least change next month. :)
Los Angeles. Probably would've been New York City prior to September of last year as well.
NOT BEEN TO:
Dallas/Fort Worth
Houston
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Atlanta
BEEN TO:
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington, DC
Chicago
Twin Cities
Denver (airport only)
San Antonio
San Francisco
NYC
Quote from: webny99 on January 04, 2018, 12:30:30 PM
NOT BEEN TO:
Dallas/Fort Worth
Houston
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Atlanta
BEEN TO:
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington, DC
Chicago
Twin Cities
Denver (airport only)
San Antonio
San Francisco
denver is the shit. you need to go back and leave the airport and explore the city, it's one of my favorite cities i've been to!
Quote from: kphoger on January 02, 2018, 04:01:17 PM
We lived in New Lenox in the 1980s, and I never thought of Joliet as anything but a suburb. Besides, Bill and Ted confirmed that Aurora is a suburb of Chicago.
I think you're confusing Bill & Ted with Wayne and Garth of Wayne's World
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 04, 2018, 02:14:48 PM
denver is the shit. you need to go back and leave the airport and explore the city, it's one of my favorite cities i've been to!
It's in the long term plans. We walked (outside) from the plane to the terminal, which is the main reason I counted it.
Quote from: inkyatari on January 04, 2018, 02:55:30 PM
Quote from: kphoger on January 02, 2018, 04:01:17 PM
We lived in New Lenox in the 1980s, and I never thought of Joliet as anything but a suburb. Besides, Bill and Ted confirmed that Aurora is a suburb of Chicago.
I think you're confusing Bill & Ted with Wayne and Garth of Wayne's World
Absolutely. Crazy brain fart.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 02, 2018, 08:04:15 PM
Yankee stadium sucks. Don't go within 20 miles of it.
Get lost. I hate FC Barcelona, yet I wouldn't mind to visit its stadium.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on January 04, 2018, 05:13:15 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 02, 2018, 08:04:15 PM
Yankee stadium sucks. Don't go within 20 miles of it.
Get lost. I hate FC Barcelona, yet I wouldn't mind to visit its stadium.
There's nothing better than walking into your arch-rival's stadium and watching your team beat them. Only good reason to go to Athens, GA (#216 on the list — see, this is on topic!), really.
I've never been to Los Angeles.
The largest ones I haven't been in? Los Angeles and Houston. I have been in:
Boston
New York City (#1)
Philadelphia (#5)
Baltimore
Washington DC
Tampa
Orlando (MCO - airport only)
Nashville
Columbus, OH
Indianapolis
Chicago (#3)
Quote from: pianocello on May 26, 2017, 12:50:34 PM
Largest I haven't been to: NYC. In fact, the only ones in the top 10 I've been to are Chicago and Washington.
Smallest I have been to: Danville, IL, driving through on I-74
Smallest I've spent a considerable amount of time in: Dubuque, IA
Oddly enough, I come very close to matching you on all scores. I have, in addition to Chicago and Washington, a trip through DFW on the way to El Paso. I drove through Danville, IL on I-74 twice, stopping for gas there once. Never spent a considerable amount of time in Dubuque, although I did spend one night there in my teen years. OTOH, Grand Island NE is smaller than Dubuque.
Never been to Portland, Oregon
I saw this and thought some of you might be interested.
Largest Cities in the United States Over Time
Quote from: DandyDan on January 06, 2018, 05:31:28 AM
Never spent a considerable amount of time in Dubuque, although I did spend one night there in my teen years. OTOH, Grand Island NE is smaller than Dubuque.
Been to Dubuque a few times. It's a nice smaller city.
Grand Island, NE is a must stop on the way to Wyoming or Colorado, especially if driving from Chicago, for no other reason than to break up the monotony of the trip.
This one's easy for me. I have literally never been to NYC, not even the airports
Quote from: kphoger on January 08, 2018, 01:23:44 PM
I saw this and thought some of you might be interested.
Largest Cities in the United States Over Time
Lol rip Cleveland and Detroit.
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 02, 2018, 12:09:09 PM
now it's NYC for me
What could it possibly have been before? :hmmm:
Did you un-visit NYC? (not an altogether bad idea)
ETA that I see now that
empirestate asked as well. Still legit because no answer yet.
Not counting airports or just passing through without stopping
4. DFW
5. Houston
8. Miami
9. Atlanta
12. Phoenix
13. Inland Empire
18. Tampa
22. Charlotte
23. Orlando
27. Sacramento
29. Las Vegas
30. Kansas City
35. San Jose
40. Jacksonville
Cities in the top 20 that I have not been in:
4. Houston
7. San Antonio
9. Dallas (changed planes in DFW, not counting)
11. Austin
12. Jacksonville
14. Columbus, Ohio
15. Indianapolis
16. Fort Worth (see 9)
20. El Paso
Quote from: webny99 on January 08, 2018, 09:52:41 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 02, 2018, 12:09:09 PM
now it's NYC for me
What could it possibly have been before? :hmmm:
Did you un-visit NYC? (not an altogether bad idea)
ETA that I see now that empirestate asked as well. Still legit because no answer yet.
Yeah; still wondering! :spin:
Quote from: kkt on January 08, 2018, 10:38:58 PM
Cities in the top 20 that I have not been in:
4. Houston
7. San Antonio
9. Dallas (changed planes in DFW, not counting)
11. Austin
12. Jacksonville
14. Columbus, Ohio
15. Indianapolis
16. Fort Worth (see 9)
20. El Paso
there's nothing to do here in Indy but eat :-D
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 09, 2018, 11:49:24 AM
Quote from: kkt on January 08, 2018, 10:38:58 PM
Cities in the top 20 that I have not been in:
4. Houston
7. San Antonio
9. Dallas (changed planes in DFW, not counting)
11. Austin
12. Jacksonville
14. Columbus, Ohio
15. Indianapolis
16. Fort Worth (see 9)
20. El Paso
there's nothing to do here in Indy but eat :-D
Car racing? Even though Speedway is its own town, you have to go through Indy to get to Speedway.
Quote from: empirestate on January 09, 2018, 10:09:02 AM
Quote from: webny99 on January 08, 2018, 09:52:41 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 02, 2018, 12:09:09 PM
now it's NYC for me
What could it possibly have been before? :hmmm:
Did you un-visit NYC? (not an altogether bad idea)
ETA that I see now that empirestate asked as well. Still legit because no answer yet.
Yeah; still wondering! :spin:
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 09, 2018, 11:49:24 AM
Hey!
Quote from: 1 on January 09, 2018, 12:05:11 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 09, 2018, 11:49:24 AM
Quote from: kkt on January 08, 2018, 10:38:58 PM
Cities in the top 20 that I have not been in:
4. Houston
7. San Antonio
9. Dallas (changed planes in DFW, not counting)
11. Austin
12. Jacksonville
14. Columbus, Ohio
15. Indianapolis
16. Fort Worth (see 9)
20. El Paso
there's nothing to do here in Indy but eat :-D
Car racing? Even though Speedway is its own town, you have to go through Indy to get to Speedway.
haha yea that too, if you're into it. And roundabouts if you like that, Carmel has the most in the US and I think Avon might have the second most.
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 09, 2018, 11:49:24 AM
Quote from: kkt on January 08, 2018, 10:38:58 PM
Cities in the top 20 that I have not been in:
4. Houston
7. San Antonio
9. Dallas (changed planes in DFW, not counting)
11. Austin
12. Jacksonville
14. Columbus, Ohio
15. Indianapolis
16. Fort Worth (see 9)
20. El Paso
there's nothing to do here in Indy but eat :-D
Nothing? Did the Colts relocate?
This is easy. LA. Never cared to go. Been to the Bay Area 3 times and San Diego twice. But never cared for the idea of LA. Will probably end up there in the next couple years though.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 13, 2018, 08:54:47 PM
This is easy. LA. Never cared to go. Been to the Bay Area 3 times and San Diego twice. But never cared for the idea of LA. Will probably end up there in the next couple years though.
it's not worth it
And
silverback1065 still hasn't answered the question...
Quote from: empirestate on January 09, 2018, 10:09:02 AM
Quote from: webny99 on January 08, 2018, 09:52:41 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 02, 2018, 12:09:09 PM
now it's NYC for me
What could it possibly have been before? :hmmm:
Did you un-visit NYC? (not an altogether bad idea)
ETA that I see now that empirestate asked as well. Still legit because no answer yet.
Yeah; still wondering! :spin:
^Inquiring minds what to know.^
I visited LA last year, didn't like it, leaving NYC as the largest city I've not been to yet, isn't LA bigger than NYC (metro area comparisons) There are plenty of smaller places I've not been to yet.
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 16, 2018, 04:05:54 PM
I visited LA last year, didn't like it, leaving NYC as the largest city I've not been to yet, isn't LA bigger than NYC (metro area comparisons) There are plenty of smaller places I've not been to yet.
New York City is bigger.
What the hell is the "Inland Empire"?
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 16, 2018, 04:07:53 PM
What the hell is the "Inland Empire"?
Just east of Los Angeles, including Riverside, San Bernardino, and many other cities.
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 09, 2018, 02:29:18 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 09, 2018, 12:05:11 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 09, 2018, 11:49:24 AM
Quote from: kkt on January 08, 2018, 10:38:58 PM
Cities in the top 20 that I have not been in:
4. Houston
7. San Antonio
9. Dallas (changed planes in DFW, not counting)
11. Austin
12. Jacksonville
14. Columbus, Ohio
15. Indianapolis
16. Fort Worth (see 9)
20. El Paso
there's nothing to do here in Indy but eat :-D
Car racing? Even though Speedway is its own town, you have to go through Indy to get to Speedway.
haha yea that too, if you're into it. And roundabouts if you like that, Carmel has the most in the US and I think Avon might have the second most.
Avon OH? They only have one on their southern border. I would think Green Bay would be up there.
Avon, IN, not ohio
Quote from: 1 on January 16, 2018, 04:10:17 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 16, 2018, 04:07:53 PM
What the hell is the "Inland Empire"?
Just east of Los Angeles, including Riverside, San Bernardino, and many other cities.
"Inland Empire" is used for Washington east of the Cascades.
Quote from: kkt on January 16, 2018, 07:19:27 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 16, 2018, 04:10:17 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 16, 2018, 04:07:53 PM
What the hell is the "Inland Empire"?
Just east of Los Angeles, including Riverside, San Bernardino, and many other cities.
"Inland Empire" is used for Washington east of the Cascades.
...which Empire will strike back?
Quote from: 1 on January 16, 2018, 04:06:52 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on January 16, 2018, 04:05:54 PM
I visited LA last year, didn't like it, leaving NYC as the largest city I've not been to yet, isn't LA bigger than NYC (metro area comparisons) There are plenty of smaller places I've not been to yet.
New York City is bigger.
Ah, well at least inquiring minds now know.
Never been to NYC or Houston. Visited LA, Denver, Twin Cities, and Orlando and live in Chicago. Driven or did connections through Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta
For me:
1. New York City Metro Area => Been to at the very beginning of 2015 (New Year's).
*** 2. Los Angeles Metro Area => Never been to.
3. Chicago Metro Area => Been to in July 2012.
4. Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area => Been to in July 2015.
5. Houston Metro Area => Never been to.
I have been to three of the five most populous metropolitan areas in the United States. Los Angeles is the largest metro area I have not been in.
Now, here is a list, in order, of the largest U.S. metro areas I have not been in:
1. Los Angeles
2. Houston
3. Washington, D.C.
4. Philadelphia
5. Miami (Note: my parents have been here, but not me - however, thanks to them, I do actually have some road videos on my channel from Metro Miami, even though I obviously did not take these specific ones myself)
6. Phoenix
7. Riverside-San Bernardino (The Inland Empire, in southern California)
8. Detroit
9. Seattle
10. Minneapolis-St. Paul
11. San Diego (Note: my parents have been here, but not me)
12. Tampa-St. Petersburg (Note: my parents, each as a child, has been to this area, but not me)
13. St. Louis (even though some of my family lives there)
...and the list goes on...
My main source for this information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Largest_metropolitan_areas_of_the_United_States
Los Angeles
Going down the list until I hit Seattle:
New York, Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, Detroit
New York City. Even though it's closer than some places in the US I've been to, like most of Florida and Los Angeles.
Portland and Seattle. Also the Twin Cities in Minnesota.