Which major US cities have you visited? (living, east coast)

[Heel82]

Originally Posted by saibot

Oh, surely you are nit-picking. It could just as well have been called "cities you have been to." If you live in a city, you've been to it. I can't imagine that anyone who lives in one of these cities left it out when they voted.

That’s possible. I’ve never lived in any of these places, and I took “visit” at face value because I didn’t have to think of it as something else. At any rate, at this moment, Virginia Beach, Jacksonville, and Riverside/San Bernardino are fighting off Providence at the bottom. That probably seems about right, even given LA being next door.

I’m still amazed Orlando/Vegas aren’t pushing 80% like NY.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Originally Posted by Heel82

That’s possible. I’ve never lived in any of these places, and I took “visit” at face value because I didn’t have to think of it as something else. At any rate, at this moment, Virginia Beach, Jacksonville, and Riverside/San Bernardino are fighting off Providence at the bottom. That probably seems about right, even given LA being next door.

Yeah, the Chicago version of San Bernardino/the Inland Empire would be the Aurora area (200k people in city limits plus has its own suburbs), and I lived in Chicago for two decades before ever going there - and I was specifically going there to explore because I'd never been. Just not a major commercial or tourist center, and not seen as very "nice", so a lot of us have never been.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by TheTimidBlueBars

Yeah, the Chicago version of San Bernardino/the Inland Empire would be the Aurora area (200k people in city limits plus has its own suburbs), and I lived in Chicago for two decades before ever going there - and I was specifically going there to explore because I'd never been. Just not a major commercial or tourist center, and not seen as very "nice", so a lot of us have never been.

I would have thought Joliet as well

[_Buster]

Just curious, are people that are including Orlando actually visiting Orlando, or is it mostly Disneyland?

[GeoffD]

Using the one overnight stay as the criteria, I’m missing 15. Some of the cities I’m counting, I stayed in a suburb. For example, I’ve been in Phoenix a number of times but never slept within the city limits but I’ve slept in Tempe on business many times.

[Heel82]

Originally Posted by _Buster

Just curious, are people that are including Orlando actually visiting Orlando, or is it mostly Disneyland?

Disney World? While I questioned something 50 miles away in the woods, I think everyone is counting an actual suburb with the larger city.

That said, Orlando is like the #1 tourist destination in America for domestic travelers. Why it’s doing relatively poorly here is strange.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

Using the one overnight stay as the criteria, I’m missing 15. Some of the cities I’m counting, I stayed in a suburb. For example, I’ve been in Phoenix a number of times but never slept within the city limits but I’ve slept in Tempe on business many times.

It's metro area, doesn't have to be city proper. I was able to guess that when Riverside/San Bernardino was included as one of the poll options. So for that one for example, Chino, Ontario, Redlands, Fontana etc would also count

[BlueChicago]

I think the Texas cities (Houston, Dallas, Austin) are all surprisingly low. I guess none are major tourist hubs though; but I'm shocked to see places like Houston and Austin much lower than places like Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, and Nashville.

Also I'm surprised Chicago has kept pace with NYC, LA, and DC. Thought it'd be quite a bit behind.

Still needs more data to be conclusive. Also conclusions are only really about city-data users and not the US population lol.

[Heel82]

I don’t know what about city-data screams Baltimore is as much a tourist spot as Orlando, but I guess we should take that under consideration.

[_Buster]

What are the big attractions in Orlando itself?