What are the ten most recognized U.S. cities for foreigners? (how much, colleges)

[CavalierXion]

Obviously New York is probably #1, but what are the other cities people from outside the U.S. have heard the most?

[Mooseketeer]

Washington
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Boston
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Miami
Las Vegas

That would be my guess anyway.

[noland123]

1)Miami\Miami Beach with South Beach the most popular spot.2).Orlando with Disney World.3)Chicago with its commerce. 4)Los Angeles(Hollywood) with the motion picture industry 5)Houston with it's oil refineries.6)Boston with its higher education with colleges like Harvard,Boston College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology,along with all of its great history.7)Las Vegas with its gambling casinos.8)Atlanta with its center hub of commerce in the south along with having the Summer Olympics of 1996.9)New Orleans -Hurricane Katrina along with its Mardi Gras celebration(10 Pittsburgh,s steel industry which was lost to the Japanese.

[Anarchy]

New York, Orlando, LA, Miami, Chicago, Boston, Las vegas, San Francisco, San Diego, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New Orleans thats ten but there are more that I would say are recognized.

[CavalierXion]

Hmmm I wonder how much it varies country to country. Obviously cities like New York, L.A. and Chicago will always be recognized. Orlando I suppose would from Disneyworld although I never think about Orlando and I'm from the U.S. (but maybe that's the point). I've never really thought of Pittsburgh as that recognizable though maybe you're right because of the steel industry. And Houston more recognizable than Dallas? I would think the show would've made Dallas the most recognizable Texas city but I could be wrong. In general do people from outside the U.S. know a lot of U.S. cities?

[Anarchy]

Originally Posted by CavalierXion

Hmmm I wonder how much it varies country to country. Obviously cities like New York, L.A. and Chicago will always be recognized. Orlando I suppose would from Disneyworld although I never think about Orlando and I'm from the U.S. (but maybe that's the point). I've never really thought of Pittsburgh as that recognizable though maybe you're right because of the steel industry. And Houston more recognizable than Dallas? I would think the show would've made Dallas the most recognizable Texas city but I could be wrong. In general do people from outside the U.S. know a lot of U.S. cities?

New York and Chicago seems to be a weekend shopping spree place, Orlando is all the theme parks a popular family destination, many cities are known from films and tv dramas I would say. Its supprising how many seem to think Hawaii isnt part of the US.

[dubuqueaskme]

1. Washington DC
2. New York City
3. Los Angeles
4. San Francisco
5. Chicago
5. Atlanta ( I meant to make two 5's)
6. Miami
7. Boston
8. Orlando/Tampa (theme park areas)
9. Las Vegas
10. Seattle/ or Denver/ or Philadelphia

What are the 10 states most associated with America?

I think:

1. California
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. New York
5. Illinois
6. Ohio
7. Tennessee
8. Georgia
9. Colorado
10. Pennsylvania/ or Massachusetts/ or Virginia

[VillageLife]

Monterey Park,Alhambra,Walnut,Hacienda Heights,Arcadia for those who like Chinese food

[Sweden]

These are the ones you hear about all the time ("in order of appearance")

New York
Hollywood (yeah, yeah, yeah...)
L.A.
New Orleans
Washington
Miami
Chicago
Huston

And these from ones in a while (not so often)

Anchorage
Boston

I actually conducted a survey on this once with my class mates (I wanted to know for myself) and this is the result. Don't know how well it corresponds with other areas in the country, though. (I live in the middle south)

[EU!]

being from Brazil i can tell: NYC, SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, BOSTON, CHICAGO, HOUSTON, ORLANDO, MIAMI AND WASHINGTON DC