States known only for their cities or states without any well-known cities (home, university)

[knke0204]

Who here can name any other cities in Minnesota besides Minneapolis and St. Paul, which are connected?

Rochester?
Duluth?
Maybe St. Cloud?

There are really no other major cities other than the big metro we have here.

Off the top of my head:

States with multiples:
- Texas - Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso
- Cali - LA, SF, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego
- Florida - Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando
- New York - NYC, Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse
- Ohio - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus

States with a couple or so:
- Missouri - Kansas City, St. Louis
- Washington - Seattle, Spokane
- Georgia - Atlanta, Savannah
- North Carolina - Charlotte, Raleigh
- Arizona - Phoenix, Tucson
- Tennessee - Memphis, Nashville
- Wisconsin - Madison, Milwaukee
- Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh, Philadelphia


That's all I have. I'm tired.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Hmm I'll see how many I can name in Minnesota.

Spoiler

Minneapolis
St. Paul
Edina
Eagan
Golden Valley
Falcon Heights
Richfield
St. Louis Park
Bloomington
Chanhassen
Minnetonka
Excelsior
Brooklyn Park
Brooklyn Center
White Bear Lake
Woodbury
Stillwater
St. Cloud
Duluth
Rochester
Thief River Falls
East Grand Forks
Owatonna
Fergus Falls
Mankato
Detroit Lakes
Bemidji
Brainerd
Grand Rapids
Hibbing

Got 30

[Texamichiforniasota]

Originally Posted by supfromthesite

Easy. Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville, Montgomery, and the various suburbs that go along...

I think I could name 3 or 4 cities in more than half the states.

Yeah, Alabama is pretty easy for me. I could add Tuscaloosa and Auburn as well.

Kentucky is tougher. Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort, and Paducah. I only rember Paducah because there was a school shooting there 20+ years ago, before that kind of thing was as common as it is today.

Nebraska, let's see, Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island... That's all I can come up with without looking at a map. I feel like there is another one somewhere along I-80. North Platte (I had to cheat for that one).

[STLCityMike]

Originally Posted by arr430

Can you name a 3rd and 4th city in ANY state besides California or Texas? Or are you stumped after Omaha or Birmingham plus their capitals? Quid, name four cities in Kentucky.

Well - I am from a neighboring state and am kind of a geography buff. So, I am probably not the best to answer:

Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Frankfurt (Capitol but not a larger city), Owensboro, Covington, Newport, Paducah

[jFug]

Ohio: Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Akron, Dayton
PA: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Harrisburg, Scranton, Reading
Georgia: Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, Athens, Macon
North Carolina: Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Durham, Asheville, Wilmington
New Jersey: Newark, Jersey City, Atlantic City, Trenton
Michigan: Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Flint
Tennessee: Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga

[newgensandiego]

Originally Posted by citylove101

But I think naming four cities in New York would be easy for most people: New York, Buffalo, Syracuse, West Point. Almost everyone would know those four.

I think most people think of West Point as an institution, not a city.

NYC, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, and Albany are the obvious ones. After that, Ithaca and Niagara Falls (although I don't think people necessarily think "city" for that one).

There aren't too many states you can name four.

1. CA: SF, LA, SD, San Jose, Sacramento + a ton of smaller well-known ones: Pasadena, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Anaheim, Palm Springs, Oakland, etc.
2. TX: Houston, Austin, Dallas, Ft. Worth, San Antonio, El Paso
3. FL: Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Jacksonville, Orlando + smaller ones: Ft. Lauderdale, Key West, etc.
4. NY (mentioned)

In my mind, these would be next:
Ohio
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Colorado

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Illinois is thought of as an extremely "only the biggest city matters" state, but I bet a lot of people could name Springfield, East St. Louis, Urbana-Champaign, maybe Peoria.

[Bellside High]

I am from and live in Colorado, and the couple of people that I have met from Connecticut just say they are from"Connecticut" and never give any specific city. I wonder would they specify their city if I was from the Northeast.

[Ohio614]

Originally Posted by arr430

Can you name a 3rd and 4th city in ANY state besides California or Texas? Or are you stumped after Omaha or Birmingham plus their capitals? Quid, name four cities in Kentucky.

Ohio. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo. I know Dayton and Toledo aren't much but combined with the 3 Cs Ohio has a lot of cities.

[IShootNikon]

I don't think it's an accurate assessment to ask people on this board to name cities in certain states.

Someone visiting this board are obviously more interested in cities, geography, etc. than the general populace.

Trying to look from their perspective, I'm certain 70% of these cities name here would be unknown to them.

On that point, besides Denver, how many other Colorado cities are well known. I would say Vail & Aspen would come first before Colorado Springs or Fort Collins.