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If someone living in a foreign country were planning out a few trips to the US and could see, say, 10 cities in the contiguous United States (where the city is the primary attraction, vs. somewhere like Jackson Hole, WY), here's what I'd recommend, in descending order of importance:
DC
NYC
New Orleans
Vegas
Miami
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
Philadelphia
Rome
Istanbul
Paris
Krakow
Havana
Bangkok
Beijing (even though the pollution is horrible, just so much there to see)
Dubrovnik
Singapore
Antigua, Guatemala
Amsterdam
Fez, Morocco
Key West is kind of funky though. Vail is OK. Jackson Hole is neat. Tombstone is interesting. Steamboat isn't bad. Aspen is a bit interesting. Madrid was cool in the 60's.
I'd see Tokyo and Paris and Berlin and London. Maybe Boston because my name is hallowed in Boston - they tell me.
Small historical towns are cool.
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