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3 years later, reviewing this list I can now remove Phoenix (4 days in early 2019), San Diego (5 days in late 2017), Denver (4 days in summer 2018), Indy (how funny that I wanted to visit...I've been back six times for work and could never have remembered listing it as a top 20 pick), Buffalo (2 days in summer of 2017)
But of course I love travel so there's five new cities I could add, plus I'd still happily return to any of those above.
Interesting and mixed list! I'm like you, I would return almost anywhere, not super picky in that regard!
Dayton
Columbus
Buffalo
NYC
Cleveland
Calgary
Vancouver (BC)
Dawson City
Saskatoon
Quebec
Hamilton (Ont)
Toronto
Detroit
Richmond
Savannah
NOLA
Dallas
Brownsville
El Paso
Albuquerque
Salt Lake City
Butte
Johnstown
Scranton
Erie
Albany
Anchorage
Worcester
Bangor
Spokane
St. John
St. John's
Youngstown
Memphis
I have been to the majority of these cities, but wish to further explore them.
Montreal
Quad Cities
Peoria Springfield, IL
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne Louisville
Grand Rapids St. Louis
Omaha
Cleveland Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Dallas
El Paso
Mexicali
Chihuahua
Monterrey
Guadalajara
Ciudad de Mexico
Bolded the ones I've completed since I posted this.
The rest still apply. I'm running out of places to add (I feel that I've visited most everywhere in North America that I REALLY want to), but I'll try:
New York
Buffalo?
And I'll say Tampa and Miami just because I'm being lazy.
There are so many places I have yet to see even though it feels like I have traveled pretty extensively. There are also huge swaths of land that do not interest me in the slightest, and will probably be evident from my list.
My list is as follows and is made up of only places I have never been. I also left off "cities" that are doors to national parks and the like and focused on cities and towns that I want to visit for the city itself.
1. Quebec City
2. Burlington, VT
3. Provincetown, MA
4. Mystic, CT
5. Baltimore, MD
6. Ithaca, NY
7. Pittsburgh, PA
8. Key West, FL
9. Somewhere on the UP of Michigan, not sure what town
10. Traverse City, MI
11. Milwaukee, WI
12. Minneapolis, MN
13. Albuquerque, NM
14. Sedona, AZ
15. Vancouver BC
16. Monterey, CA
17. Palm Springs, CA
18. Puebla, MX
19. San Miguel de Allende, MX
20. Oaxaca, MX
1. NYC
2. Miami
3. San Francisco
4. Richmond
5. Seattle
6. Portland, OR
7. San Diego
8. Denver
9. Birmingham
10. Philadelphia
11. Pittsburgh
12. Cleveland
13. SLC
14. Duluth, MN
15. Vancouver
16. Toronto
17. Montreal
18. Anywhere around Tahoe
19. Boulder
20. Rehoboth Beach
Interesting and mixed list! I'm like you, I would return almost anywhere, not super picky in that regard!
haha yes yes I know. That's why I hesitate to call this a bucket list, cause I feel like a bucket list you are actively trying to check off and complete. This is more like a bingo card? I dunno...but yeah I have as much urge to return to NYC for the 21st time as I have to go to Salt Lake City for the first time.
Really hard to rank these. I pretty much want to see everything I haven't seen. There are plenty of smaller cities I'll probably forget about, but for now I'll just do a quick top 10 US-only list first, then do another top-10 list for all of North America.
US:
1. Honolulu, Hawaii
2. Phoenix, Arizona (been to the airport - especially curious only because I might be interested in moving there)
2. New Orleans, Louisiana
3. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4. Madison, Wisconsin
5. Anchorage, Alaska
6. Las Vegas, Nevada
7. Minneapolis, Minnesota (been to airport)
8. Austin, Texas
9. Burlington, Vermont
10. Albuquerque, New Mexico
NA:
1. Honolulu, Hawaii
2. Montreal, Quebec
3. Vancouver, British Columbia (been to airport - really felt like a tease - incredible scenery)
4. Phoenix, Arizona
5. Mexico City
6. Toronto, Ontario
7. New Orleans, Louisiana
8. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9. Quebec City, Quebec
10. Madison, Wisconsin
I would absolutely like to visit more of Canada. I've done the drive from Michigan to Niagara Falls but that's it, no major cities up there.
haha yes yes I know. That's why I hesitate to call this a bucket list, cause I feel like a bucket list you are actively trying to check off and complete. This is more like a bingo card? I dunno...but yeah I have as much urge to return to NYC for the 21st time as I have to go to Salt Lake City for the first time.
I'd say that's fair. The one on your list that I'd say truly has bucket list status for anyone in North America (or the world for that matter) that appreciates cities would be Mexico City. Not to say that any of them aren't visit worthy.. but that one is just mind boggling in particular. I get that though. I like revisiting cities that I really like, too.
*cities I've driven/ridden through but didnt stop.
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That's why I hesitate to call this a bucket list, cause I feel like a bucket list you are actively trying to check off and complete. This is more like a bingo card? I dunno...but yeah I have as much urge to return to NYC for the 21st time as I have to go to Salt Lake City for the first time.
