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Question: Which of the 50 largest US metros have you been to?  Criteria: you've actually spent at least a few hours doing something there.  Driving through and airport layovers don't count.
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Chicago		  
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Dallas-Fort Worth		  
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Houston		  
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Atlanta		  
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Washington		  
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Philadelphia		  
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Miami-Fort Lauderdale		  
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Phoenix		  
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Boston		  
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Riverside-San Bernadino-Ontario		  
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San Francisco-Oakland		  
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Detroit		  
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Seattle-Tacoma		  
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Minneapolis-St. Paul		  
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Tampa-St. Petersburg		  
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San Diego		  
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Denver		  
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Baltimore		  
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Orlando		  
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Charlotte		  
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St. Louis		  
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San Antonio		  
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Portland OR		  
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Austin		  
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Pittsburgh		  
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Sacramento		  
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Las Vegas		  
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Cincinnati		  
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Kansas City		  
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Columbus OH		  
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Cleveland		  
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Indianapolis		  
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Nashville		  
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San Jose		  
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Virginia Beach		  
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Jacksonville		  
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Providence		  
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Milwaukee		  
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Raleigh		  
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Oklahoma City		  
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Louisville		  
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Richmond		  
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Memphis		  
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Salt Lake City		  
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Birmingham		  
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Fresno		  
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Grand Rapids		  
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Buffalo		  
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« on: June 17, 2024, 09:01:36 AM »
Which of the 50 largest metro areas (MSAs) in the U.S. have you been to?  Rankings are from 2023 Census estimates.  You must have spent some time there (even if just a few hours) doing something other than driving or flying through.
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« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2024, 10:26:59 AM »
Wow, I've only been to 15 of them.
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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2024, 10:34:39 AM »

I've been to a bare majority (26), have driven through eight others, and had airport layovers in an additional two.
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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2024, 10:53:16 AM »
All except:

Riverside, CA (unless Palm Springs counts?)
Portland, OR
Pittsburgh, PA
Sacramento, CA
San Jose, CA
Virginia Beach, VA
Fresno, CA
Grand Rapids, MI
Buffalo, NY
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« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2024, 11:32:51 AM »
« Edited: June 17, 2024, 07:08:32 PM by pikachu »
33, but 21 of the top 25 and 25 of the top 30.

Missing Houston (clearly not the only one who hasn't been), MSP, Portland, St. Louis, and Sacramento from the top 30.
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« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2024, 12:08:21 PM »
Chicago
DFW
Atlanta
Washington
Boston
MSP (obviously!)
Denver
St. Louis
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Nashville
Milwaukee
Birmingham
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« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2024, 12:19:27 PM »
« Edited: June 17, 2024, 12:45:39 PM by Progressive Pessimist »
New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Orlando.

Maybe Boston.
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« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2024, 02:49:02 PM »
« Edited: June 17, 2024, 02:52:52 PM by Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ »
I've been to 28. I'm not sure what will ever bring me to Grand Rapids, Birmingham, Oklahoma City, Jacksonville, Columbus, or Indianapolis (perhaps a Butler game?), but hope to get around to the other missing ones soon!

By Time Spent, with some ad hoc weighting for recency and distance from downtown:

1) New York
2) Philadelphia
3) Virginia Beach
4) Washington

5) Baltimore
6) Chicago
7) Las Vegas
8) Boston
9) Los Angeles
10) Salt Lake City

11) Phoenix
12) Denver
13) San Francisco-Oakland
14) Orlando
15) Houston
16) Riverside-San Bernardino
17) Dallas-Fort Worth
18) Kansas City
19) Atlanta
20) Austin
21) Charlotte
22) San Jose
23) San Antonio
24) Richmond

25) San Diego
26) Fresno
27) Buffalo
28) Providence
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« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2024, 02:59:11 PM »
17: NYC, Chicago, ATL, DC, Philly, Boston, San Francisco, Orlando, St Louis, Cincy, Columbus, Va Beach, Providence, Raleigh, Louisville, Richmond, SLC
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« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2024, 03:04:40 PM »
6: New York (several times), DC (many times), Boston (several times), Orlando (once as an infant visiting Disney World), Charlotte (had Thanksgiving dinner with Miles Coleman and his family one year and got a brief tour in his car), and Virginia Beach (lived in; Hell on earth).

I'm so untraveled and East Coast-centric it's depressing.
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« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2024, 06:42:17 PM »
It's strangely appropriate for a political forum that Washington DC is currently in first place.
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« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2024, 10:21:12 PM »
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Washington
Phoenix
Boston
San Fran/Oakland
MSP
Denver
Baltimore
Orlando
Charlotte
Cincy
Indy
San Jose
Virginia Beach
Raleigh

I should probably have included Columbus (OH) since I spent time in Worthington. I wasn't sure if I can include DFW as I had a layover there and a cancelled flight and had a to stay a a nearby hotel.
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« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2024, 07:26:35 AM »
« Edited: June 18, 2024, 07:36:30 AM by MarkD »
Twenty-nine. A contributing factor in why I've been to so many of them was that during my college years, I majored in Music Education, and I participated in 5 choir tours. I think 6-7 of the 29 I've been to I went to them to perform with my college choir and spent the night there.
I've driven through or had an airport transit in 10 others. That leaves 11 that I've never been to at all.
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« Reply #13 on: June 18, 2024, 07:38:21 AM »
Quote from: nclib on June 17, 2024, 10:21:12 PM
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Washington
Phoenix
Boston
San Fran/Oakland
MSP
Denver
Baltimore
Orlando
Charlotte
Cincy
Indy
San Jose
Virginia Beach
Raleigh

I should probably have included Columbus (OH) since I spent time in Worthington. I wasn't sure if I can include DFW as I had a layover there and a cancelled flight and had a to stay a a nearby hotel.

Spending the night there, even if unintentionally, should certainly qualify. Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2024, 07:59:43 AM »
I've been to all of them, which is probably not surprising given my travels. I checked the 46 where I've spent the night in the official metro defined by the MSA. The four metros I haven't slept in are:

Tampa
Sacramento
San Jose
Richmond

I'm likely to stay in Sacto (or San Jose) in Oct.
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« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2024, 08:10:45 AM »
Dal,Atl,Was, Det, Den, Orl, StL,S.Ant, Cin, KC,Nash
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« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2024, 09:52:38 PM »
Exactly half of them, though I might've also passed through a couple of others that I don't remember anymore.
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« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2024, 10:50:23 PM »
Half, but only counting ones where I actually stood in the city proper, since I don’t feel like looking up the metro boundaries and whether I ever passed through some random suburb.
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« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2024, 11:14:03 PM »
That airport in Charlotte is hands down the greatest international airport of all time. 

Lots of grub. 

For a brief period of time in the 2010s, was the “BWI” of the MIC.
 
Just sayin
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« Reply #19 on: June 19, 2024, 12:18:56 AM »
Probably shouldn't have voted for Chicago, Denver, or Baltimore. But I did actually spend "at least a few hours" in each of those metros, even though those were all layovers or drive-throughs, and I was too young for any memories of Denver.

Have never set foot in DFW, South Florida, Boston, the Inland Empire, the Twin Cities, or Tampa.
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« Reply #20 on: June 19, 2024, 01:08:30 AM »
Los Angeles
DFW (Currently living)
Washington DC
Phoenix
Boston
Riverside-Ontario
San Francisco / Oakland
Seattle-Tacoma
San Diego
San Antonio
Portland
Sacramento
Las Vegas
San Jose (Born / Lived )
Louisville
Richmond
Salt Lake City
Fresno
Birmingham
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« Reply #21 on: June 19, 2024, 01:22:33 AM »
« Edited: June 19, 2024, 01:27:16 AM by ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ »
Been to for at least a couple of days total:
New York
Los Angeles
Washington
Boston
San Francisco-Oakland
Baltimore
Cleveland
San Jose

Others that I did something other than travel:
Chicago
Philadelphia
Orlando
possibly Providence

Travel only:
Atlanta
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Detroit
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Denver
Pittsburgh
Sacramento
Las Vegas
Jacksonville
Buffalo
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« Reply #22 on: June 19, 2024, 06:29:48 PM »
« Edited: June 20, 2024, 01:17:04 AM by Mr. Smith »
Exactly half.

I did omit Atlanta, St. Louis, and Boston since those were just airport stops.
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« Reply #23 on: June 19, 2024, 08:32:43 PM »
New York, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, DC, Philly, Riverside, Detroit, Seattle, MSP, Denver, Baltimore, San Antonio, Portland, Austin, Pittsburgh, KC, Indy, Nashville, San Jose, Virginia Beach, Raleigh, Louisville, Richmond, Memphis, SLC, Birmingham, Buffalo

28 proper visits without counting drive-throughs. Would be 27 but OP gave me permission to count the multiple times I've stayed in motels outside Indianapolis while doing cross country drives.

From poll standings right now, most common I haven't been to is Orlando, least common one I have been to is Memphis.

Going to bet I'm the only person on this board who has done trips to Riverside and San Jose without having spent any meaningful time in LA or SF.
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« Reply #24 on: June 19, 2024, 09:12:30 PM »
New York       
Los Angeles       
Dallas-Fort Worth       
Houston              
Washington       
Philadelphia       
Phoenix       
Boston       
Riverside-San Bernadino-Ontario       
San Francisco-Oakland       
Seattle-Tacoma       
San Diego       
Denver       
Charlotte       
San Antonio       
Austin           
Sacramento       
Las Vegas       
Kansas City       
San Jose       
Virginia Beach       
Providence       
Raleigh       
Oklahoma City       
Richmond       
Salt Lake City       
Fresno       
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