[MolsonExport]

Since this forum is about skyscrapers and cities, I am curious to discover how well-travelled fellow Canadian forumers are. List all metro areas that you have visited that have at least 500,000 people.

Here are mine:

Australia:
Sydney
Perth

Asia:
Seoul
Incheon

Europe:
London
Sheffield
Bristol
Leeds
Paris
Frankfurt am Main
Venice-Padua
Bologna
Florence
(Scheduled to visit Oslo next summer)

United States:
Boston
Providence
Albany
Hartford
New York City
Chicago
Minneapolis-St. Paul
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Newark, Jersey City
Los Angeles
San Diego
Detroit
Seattle
Atlanta
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Rochester
Buffalo
Honolulu
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk
Syracuse
Cape-Coral/Fort Myers
Philadelphia
Portland (Oregon)

Canada:
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Ottawa-Gatineau
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Quebec City
Hamilton

Mexico:
Tijuana

[MonkeyRonin]

Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
Calgary
Quebec City
Kitchener-Waterloo

New York
San Francisco
Boston
Buffalo

Madrid
Barcelona
Valencia
Grenada
Murcia

Milan
Rome
Naples
Catania

Amsterdam

Maybe Hong Kong/Macau/Shenzen or Dublin this summer.

[Rico Rommheim]

Canada

Toronto
Quebec City
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Ottawa

Fourth Reich

NYC
Washington

Europe

Paris
London
Rome
Nice

+Havana


That's it for now.....

[lubicon]

Canada:
Vancouver
Victoria (?)
Edmonton
Calgary
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec City
Halifax (?)

U.S.:
Houston
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Los Angeles
San Diego
Miami (airport only)
Salt Lake City (airport only)
Seattle

International:
Berlin
Frankfurt
Essen
Dusseldorf
Hanover


Berlin was the most interesting city of them all.

[240glt]

When I vacation I prefer to be away from people, but my travels have taken me to:

Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Seattle
Portland Ore.
Sacramento
San Diego
L.A.
Milwaukee
NYC
Louisville KY
Minneapolis
Tijuana MX
La Paz MX

[vid]

•

I'm quite well travelled.

[flar]

I wish I was able to travel more:
Winnipeg
New Orleans
Nashville
Detroit
Toronto
Louisville
Toledo
Ottawa
Memphis
Montreal
Baton Rouge
Birmingham
Dayton
Buffalo
Grand Rapids
Hamilton
Cincinnati

[jeremy_haak]

Canada
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Kitchener
Hamilton
London
Winnipeg
(soon Vancouver and Calgary)

United States
Buffalo
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Toledo
Dayton
Cincinnati
Lexington

Netherlands
Amsterdam
Rotterdam

Italy
Rome

Nigeria
Lagos
Ibadan
Ogbomosho
Jos

[mmmatt]

Not many for me haha

Canada

Ottawa
Montreal
Halifax (not quite 500,000 though)

International

Oslo
London
Orlando
Tampa Bay
Pensacola (close to 500,000)
Atlanta (only for an hour or so)

[Ayreonaut]

Canada

Calgary
Edmonton (through on a bus)
Vancouver
Ottawa
Montreal (through on a bus)
Winnipeg

Murikah

NYC
Seattle
Spokane (close to 500k)


And that's it so far, but next April/May I'm off to Europe for 2-4 months, so the list is sure to grow.

[harls]

Over 500k?

Canada

Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa
Hamilton
Montreal
Quebec City

US
NY
Boston
Hartford
New Haven
Bridgeport
Chicago
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Buffalo
Rochester
Albany
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
San Diego
Phoenix
Denver

[You Need A Thneed]

Canada:

Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Toronto
Montreal (airport & quick drive through only)

US:

Seattle
Portland
Spokane(?)
Los Angeles (Airport and night drive though)
San Diego
Salt Lake City (Drive Through)
Denver (Drive through)
Colorado Springs (?)
Phoenix (Drive Through)
Tucson (?) (Drive Through)
El Paso
Chicago
Orlando
Tampa


Mexico:

Juarez

[drew]

Here are mine:
* denotes driven through or connected flights...

Australia:
Sydney*
Brisbane
Gold Coast

Japan:
Tokyo

United States:
Chicago
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City*
Phoenix*
Los Angeles
Anaheim
San Diego
Albuquerque*
San Fransisco
Honolulu*
Portland*
Seattle*
Spokane*

Canada:
Montreal*
Toronto
Vancouver
Ottawa-Gatineau
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg

Mexico:
Tijuana

Cuba
Havana.

[circle33]

Hmmmm....proabaly missing a few, but it's somethng like this:

Canada
All of 'em

US
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Pittsburg
Providence
DC
Miami
Tampa
New Orleans
Nashville
Memphis
Dallas
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
Seattle
Louisville
Toledo

Europe
Paris
Brussels
Amsterdam
Geneva
Frankfurt
Sofia

Asia
Muscat

Africa
Johannesburg
Harare
Abidjan
Bouaké
Accra
Kumasi
Dakar
Ouagadougou
Nouakchott
Rabat
Casablanca
Marakesh

S America
Santiago
Lima
Vlaparaiso/Viña del Mar
Valencia

[Denscity]

Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Halifax?
Seattle
Portland
Spokane?
Sacramento
Oakland
Los Angeles
San Diego
Tijuana
Tokyo
Yokohama
Nagoya
Osaka
Kyoto
London
Paris
Barcelona
Marseille?
Florence
Sydney
Melbourne
Gold Coast
Brisbane?

Next year Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Jakarta, Surabaya

[Surrealplaces]

Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
Calgary
Edmonton
Quebec
Winnipeg
Hamilton


United States
NYC
Chicago
Philly
Los angeles
Washington DC
Boston
Seattle
Orlando
Detroit
Minneapolis
Denver
Houston
Dallas
Atlanta
Miami
Tampa
Jacksonville
Phoenix
Las Vages
Milwaukee
Baltimore
San Francisco
Sacramento
Portland
San Diego
Salt Lake City
Charlotte
Columbia SC

Tijuana
Mexico city

Europe
Paris
London
Rome
Milan
Frankfurt
Cologne
Munich
Lyon
Marseilles
Bordeux
Nice
Barcelona
Valencia
Madrdid
Seville
Granada
Lisbon
Amsterdam
Brussels
Zurich
Geneve
Turin
Naples
Venice
Florence
Athens
Thessaloniki
Istanbul


Asia
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Jakarta

Middle East
Dubai
Cairo
Riyadh
Kuwait city

[giallo]

Canada:
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec City

USA:
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
LA
San Diego
Honolulu

Europe:
London
Paris
Edinburgh
Dublin

Central America:
Tegulcicalpa
San Pedro Sula
Managua
San Jose
Panama City

Asia:
Tainan
Kaohsiung
Taichung
Taipei
Hualien
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Beijing
Jaxing
Hangzhou
Suzhou
Naha
Fukuoka

[Rico Rommheim]

You people [except vid] sure do get around.

[Acajack]

Canada

All except Edmonton

United States

New York
Chicago
Dallas
Houston
Miami
Boston
Detroit
San Antonio
Las Vegas
Richmond
Buffalo
Birmingham
Rochester
New Orleans
Honolulu
Albany
Baton Rouge
El Paso
Knoxville
Syracuse
Chattanooga
Portland


Mexico

Ciudad Juarez

Australia

Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Adelaine
Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise)

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Chile

Santiago

United Kingdom

London
Belfast

France

Paris
Lyon
Marseille
Nice
Grenoble

Belgium

Brussels

Germany

Berlin
Frankfurt am Main
Munchen
Rhein-Ruhr (Cologne-Dusseldorf-Essen)
Hamburg
Mannheim

Netherlands

Amsterdam
The Hague

Spain

Madrid
Barcelona
Seville
Granada

Italy

Milan
Rome
Naples
Florence

Denmark

Copenhagen

Poland

Warsaw
Gdansk
Krakow

Austria

Vienna

Sweden

Stockholm

Czech Republic

Prague

Ireland

Dublin

Switzerland

Geneva

[Bedford_DJ]

Not much for me

Canada:
-Halifax (since everyone thinks we have 500'000)
-Quebec City (multiple times)
-Montreal
-Ottawa
-Toronto
-Other cities in Southern Ontario

US:
-Miami
-Orlando

Mexico:
-Tulum/Playa del Carmen/Cozumel

[MolsonExport]

No offense to K-Dubyians, but Kitchener Waterloo does not exceed 500K.

[wild wild west]

Okay, here we go.

Canada:
Quebec City
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver

USA:
New York City
Los Angeles
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Washington DC
Baltimore
Boston
Atlanta
Houston
Las Vegas
Minneapolis/St. Paul
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Tampa
Miami
Orlando
Jacksonville
Richmond
Nashville
Louisville
Detroit
Toledo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Rochester
Buffalo
Syracuse
Wilmington
Lakeland
Chattanooga
Honolulu

Mexico:
Mexico City
Acapulco
Cancun

Europe:
London
Manchester
Liverpool
Leeds
Edinburgh
Cardiff
Newcastle

Asia:
Seoul
Jakarta
Denpasar
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagoya
Kyoto
Kobe
Yokohama
Shizuoka

[MsMe]

Canada
Vancouver
Calgary
Winnipeg
Toronto
Hamilton
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec City
Halifax
I forgot Yukon is under populated


USA
Seattle
Detroit
LA
San Francisco
San Diego
Buffalo
Anchorage too small too

International
Kyoto
Tokyo
Fukuoka
Kobe
Osaka

[Bigtime]

I'll give it a shot:

Canada
Vancouver
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Hamilton

U.S.A.
Seattle
San Fran
Los Angeles
San Diego
Las Vegas
Chicago
Minneapolis/St.Paul
Denver
Tampa
Orlando
Detroit
New York City
Honolulu
Portland
SLC
Oklahoma City

International
Cancun
Acapulco

London

Rome
Florence
Milan
Naples

Frankfurt
Hannover

Buenos Aires

Montevideo

New Delhi
Mumbai
Varanasi
Agra
Amritsar

I think that is all of them.

[Xelebes]

Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver


One day, Red Deer will grow into a metro of 500 000 and I will be able to claim that too.

[Ayreonaut]

I forgot one, I went through Albany, NY on a bus.

[Jimby]

Canada:
all of them

U.S.:
Boston
NYC
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington DC
Orlando
Tampa
Detroit
Toledo
Chicago
Minneapolis
Seattle
Portland
Oakland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Orange County
San Diego
Salt Lake
Denver
Honolulu

Mexico and Brazil:
Acapulco
Rio de Janeiro

Europe:
Edinburgh
Glascow
Manchester
Birmingham
London
Amsterdam
Frankfurt
Mannheim-Heidelberg
Munich
Vienna


Asia:
Tehran
Mumbai
Delhi
Kolkata (Calcutta)
Kochi
Madurai
Bangalore
Hyderabad
Agra
Jaipur
Katmandu
Chennai (Madras)
Dacca
Singapore
Bangkok
Hồ Chí Minh City (Saigon)
Hong Kong
Kwangchow
Tokyo
Kyoto
Osaka


Africa:
Joberg
Capetown
East London RSA
Port Elizabeth RSA
Nairobi
Harare

[1ajs]

Canada
Winnipeg
Toronto
Calgary
Vancouver

United States

Minneapolis St Paul
Kansas city
houston
Dallas Fortworth
Los Angeles
Sanfransico/bay area
Sacramento
San Antonio
St Louis
Indianapolis
Austin
Atlanata
New orleans
Nashvill
Oaklahoma city
Tusla
BatonRrouge
Columbia

Mexico
Puebla
Monterrey
Ciudad Juárez
Merida
Chihuahua
Acapulco
San Luis Potos

Holland
Amsterdam

Morocco
Casablanca
Rabat

New Zealand

Auckland

[The Chemist]

Canada:
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa

US:
Boston
Chicago
Seattle
LA
SF
Phoenix
Spokane

International
Dublin
London
Brighton
Doha, Qatar
Shanghai
Beijing
Hangzhou
Suzhou

[softee]

Canada
Toronto
Ottawa
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver

USA
New York City
Buffalo
Syracuse
Albany
Detroit

Europe
London
Paris
Lille
Hamburg
Cologne
Stuttgart
Amsterdam
Brussels

[Nicko999]

Might be missing some

Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
Quebec City

USA
New York City
Buffalo
Albany(drive through)
Detroit*(only in the airport)
Kansas City
St-Louis
Miami
Key West
Fort Lauderdale
Orlando
Jacksonville
Washington DC.
Baltimore(drive through)
Indianapolis(drive through)
Philadelphia(drive through)
Burlington
Rochester(drive through)

Europe
Paris
Prague(in the airport)
Sofia
Amsterdam(in the airport)
Budapest(in the airport)
Vienna(in the airport)

Going to Greece in March!

*I was stuck for 2 days in Detroit's airport because of a huge snowstorm. Really bad experience!

[kool maudit]

montreal toronto vancouver quebec hamilton (?) winnipeg (?) new york los angeles detroit miami boston albany (?) portland (?) providence (?) london paris warsaw amsterdam oslo (?) hamburg copenhagen gdansk (?) lille manchester antwerp (?)

[Reesonov]

This list is based on my drug- and alcohol-damaged memory, so it may have little to no credibility:

North America:

Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Toronto
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Phoenix
Detroit
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Acapulco
Tepic
Belize City
Guatemala City

Europe

Istanbul
London
Amsterdam
Milan
Berlin
Rome
Athens
Frankfurt
Warsaw
Stockholm
Prague
Nurnberg
Zurich
Tallinn
Vilnius
Riga
Lucerne
Florence
Gdansk
Krakow
Wroclaw
Thesaloniki

Asia

Tokyo
Taipei
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Guangzhou
Tianjin
Taiyuan
Xian
Lanzhou
Dalian
Urumqi
Qingdao
Xining
Kashgar
Lahore
Rawalpindi
Islamabad
Peshawar
Kabul
Mazaar-i-Sharif
Tashkent
Dushanbe

Africa

Cairo
Tangiers
Casablanca

[Rusty van Reddick]

Canada: Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver.

USA: Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Boise, Minneapolis, Des Moines, St Louis, Oklahoma City, Richmond VA, Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis, Toledo, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Augusta, Tampa, Miami, Washington, New York, Buffalo

Mexico: Mexico City, Merida

Argentina: Buenos Aires

Trinidad: Port of Spain

Germany: Das Rurhgebiet (Krefeld, Duisburg, Essen, Wuppertal, etc), Koeln, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin (incl "East Berlin," aka "Berlin, Haupstadt der DDR" in 1981)

Luxembourg: Luxembourg

Belgium: Brussels

The Netherlands: Amsterdam

France: Paris

Coming up: Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu.

[trueviking]

i am sure i will miss a bunch but here goes....lists are fun.

New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Boston
Dallas
Philadelphia
Houston
Washington
Atlanta
Detroit
San Francisco
Phoenix
Seattle
Minneapolis
San Diego
Tampa
Baltimore
Denver
Portland
Sacramento
Orlando
San Antonio
Kansas City
Charlotte
Providence
Austin
Milwaukee
Jacksonville
Louisville
Oklahoma
Buffalo
Salt lake city
Rochester
Tulsa
Honolulu
Albany
Albuquerque
Omaha
Grand Rapids
Toledo
Wichita
Fort Meyers
Madison
Augusta
Daytona Beach
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Hamilton
Quebec City
Mexico city
Guadalahara
Matamoros
Cancun
Tampico
Monterrey
Juarez
Tijuana
Toluca
Sao Paulo
Rio de janiero
Manaus
Ciudad del Este
Jerusalem
Tel aviv
haifa
Cairo
Giza
Suez
Luxor
Amman
Istanbul
Izmir
Bangkok
Singapore
Moscow
St.Petersburg
Kathmandu
Mumbai
Dehli
Jaipur
Agra
Hong Kong
Guillin
Shanghai
Beijing
Taiyuan
Xi’an
Macau
Yangshuo
London
Birmingham
Manchester
Glasgow
Newcastle
Edinburgh
Paris
Nice
Nantes
Monaco
Rouen
Barcelona
Berlin
Hamburg
Munich
Frankfurt
Aachen
Copenhagen
Aarhus
Gothenburg
Stockholm
Helsinki
Vienna
Prague
Bratislava
Budapest
Zagreb
Ljublijana
Sarajevo
Belgrade
Athens
Rome
Naples
Florence
Bari
Venice
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Utrecht
Brussels

[WhipperSnapper]

Toronto (with stops in Ajax, Newmarket, and Oakville)

[Wooster]

Canada:

Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Hamilton
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec City
(all of them I guess)

US:

San Diego
LA
San Fransisco
Portland
Seattle
Salt Lake
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Boston
New York

Carribean:
Nassau

Europe:

London
Copenhagen
Helsinki
Athens

Asia:

Tokyo
Kyoto
Osaka
Kobe
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Hanoi
Hue
Saigon
Kuala Lumpur
Georgetown
Singapore

Not as well traveled as I want to be at 27. :(

[Rico Rommheim]

This is a list of cities with 500 000 +, not EVERY city and town you've been to!

[Cambridgite]

No offense to K-Dubyians, but Kitchener Waterloo does not exceed 500K.

Depends on the numbers you go by. Officially, you're right. The 2006 census says the Kitchener CMA is 451,235. This is 2006 and it does not include the student population nor the townships of Wilmot and Wellesley, which are also in the Region of Waterloo. The sign on Townline Road says that the Region of Waterloo has 508,000 people and that was put up in 2006. I would estimate our population to be around 520,000 now.

Likewise, I've seen the London CMA (457,720) and Halifax CMA (372,858) put on this list. Same thing applies, that neither the student populations of Dalhousie, Western, or Fanshawe are included. In conclusion, Kitchener, London, and Halifax technicially shouldn't be on anyone's list here. :)

Now that we're done with the administrative stuff here, I will list the cities of over 500,000 that I've been too.

In Canada:


Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
Hamilton


Though I know I'm not supposed to put them on my list for reasons mentioned above, I've been to London and Halifax and live in Kitchener.

The US of A:


Visited in an extensive way:


Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
Orlando
Syracuse
(Mobile, AL, is not quite 500,000, but close)


Passed through on the way to somewhere else:


Buffalo
Detroit
Flint (almost 500,000)
Toledo (big enough?)
Dayton
Cincinatti
Louisville
Knoxville
Chattanooga (big enough?)
Atlanta


^ Basically, I've passed through much of the rustbelt and am most familiar with the southeastern states. Yeah...I really need to travel more. :(

[Spring2008]

Canada
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Toronto

U.S
Seattle

Europe
Rome
Naples
Florence
Milan
London

That's pretty much it, :doh:

[Boris2k7]

I have yet to get my ass off this continent...


Canada

Calgary, AB
Edmonton, AB
Ottawa, ON
Toronto, ON
Vancouver, BC


United States

Houston, TX
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
Portland, OR
Salt Lake City, UT
San Antonio, TX
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San José, CA
Seattle, WA


Spokane's metro has about 44K to go before it can get added to the list

[trueviking]

^this is your official invitation to add one with a short 14 hour drive east....

[Nicko999]

and then another 14.:cheers:

[vid]

And you can visit Exciting Thunder Bay on the way!!

We have hookers!! :D

[MolsonExport]

i am sure i will miss a bunch but here goes....lists are fun.

New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Boston
Dallas
Philadelphia
Houston
Washington
Atlanta
Detroit
San Francisco
Phoenix
Seattle
Minneapolis
San Diego
Tampa
Baltimore
Denver
Portland
Sacramento
Orlando
San Antonio
Kansas City
Charlotte
Providence
Austin
Milwaukee
Jacksonville
Louisville
Oklahoma
Buffalo
Salt lake city
Rochester
Tulsa
Honolulu
Albany
Albuquerque
Omaha
Grand Rapids
Toledo
Wichita
Fort Meyers
Madison
Augusta
Daytona Beach
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Hamilton
Quebec City
Mexico city
Guadalahara
Matamoros
Cancun
Tampico
Monterrey
Juarez
Tijuana
Toluca
Sao Paulo
Rio de janiero
Manaus
Ciudad del Este
Jerusalem
Tel aviv
haifa
Cairo
Giza
Suez
Luxor
Amman
Istanbul
Izmir
Bangkok
Singapore
Moscow
St.Petersburg
Kathmandu
Mumbai
Dehli
Jaipur
Agra
Hong Kong
Guillin
Shanghai
Beijing
Taiyuan
Xi’an
Macau
Yangshuo
London
Birmingham
Manchester
Glasgow
Newcastle
Edinburgh
Paris
Nice
Nantes
Monaco
Rouen
Barcelona
Berlin
Hamburg
Munich
Frankfurt
Aachen
Copenhagen
Aarhus
Gothenburg
Stockholm
Helsinki
Vienna
Prague
Bratislava
Budapest
Zagreb
Ljublijana
Sarajevo
Belgrade
Athens
Rome
Naples
Florence
Bari
Venice
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Utrecht
Brussels


A better question for you might be: which cities haven't you visited that are over 500K?

Impressive. As are some of the listed experiences of others.

[Acajack]

A better question for you might be: which cities haven't you visited that are over 500K?

Impressive. As are some of the listed experiences of others.

What I am curious about is how much of the travel displayed here was personal, and how much was on business.

Personally, much of my in-Canada travel was on business. However, I've never travelled outside Canada for my work.

[francely57]

Toronto (with stops in Ajax, Newmarket, and Oakville)

Never been to Hamilton?





I hope I'm not missing any here:

Canada
Montréal
Ottawa
Québec
Toronto
Hamilton (just passed through, like 5 times)
(KW if it counts, just passed through by train)
(London if it counts)

United States
New York
Boston
Albany
Orlando
Miami
West Palm Beach
Tampa
Providence
Hartford
New Haven

Haiti
Port-au-Prince

Cuba
Havana

Czech Republic
Prague

Greece
Athens

Lebanon
Beirut

[trueviking]

What I am curious about is how much of the travel displayed here was personal, and how much was on business.

Personally, much of my in-Canada travel was on business. However, I've never travelled outside Canada for my work.

my travel is generally for fun....i have had the bug since i was a little kid.

in university my friends and i would drive like maniacs every chance we got....once i even drove my little RX7 to mexico city from winnipeg...after my bachellors degree, i bought a VW van and drove all over north america with a friend.....we finally parked it in whistler and skiied all winter.

i went to university in copenhagen so that gave me a base to travel around europe and at the U of M i took a design studio in nepal, so i was able to see some of asia.

after i graduated i worked for a year at a firm in jerusalem, so that got me to the middle east.

since then it has been trips basically 2-3 weeks at a time....last summer i flew to budapest, rented a car and drove through the balkans to istanbul.....last fall, i went to the rugby world cup in france, then drove up through england and golfed st. andrews in scotland.....and this summer, i went to china....all just for fun.

my goal has always been to beat gretzky's record and visit 50 countries before i turned 38, but i am at 48 countries with a few years to spare, so i will need a new goal.

the secret is be an adult with no kids.....

off topic, but i just happened to be going through these photos....check out the ball washers at the old course in st. andrews.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3361/ballwashersk6.jpg

[0773|=\]

Canada
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Toronto

USA
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco (Oakland, San Jose)
Sacramento
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
Denver
El Paso
Omaha
Kansas City
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Des Moines
Chicago
St. Louis
Nashville
Birmingham
Atlanta
Raleigh-Durham

Mexico
Ciudad Juárez

Europe
London

Africa
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Cape Town
Port Elizabeth
East London (RSA)
Durban
Pietermaritzburg

[Vaillant]

Canada
Montréal
Québec City
Halifax
Toronto
Ottawa
Calgary


USA
New York
Chicago:tup:
Houston:yuck:
Miami:tup:
Los Angeles:tup:
San Francisco:tup:
Boston:tup:
Phoenix
Seattle

Europe
Rome :tup:
Milan
Paris:tup:
London:tup:
Amsterdam:tup:
Berlin:tup:

[Markus41]

Why do people keep writing Halifax here? It's metro is well below the 500K mark.

Let me repeat: Halifax is not to be included on this list as it is not over 500,000 population mark.

[WhipperSnapper]

Never been to Hamilton?

In spirit ... been to a dump up north to watch some bears


I've traveled somewhat. I've done the whole student back-packing thing across Europe and been to a couple dozen metros for business, but I'm more of a creature of habit. I like to go into a pub or restaurant, be recognized by all and have my drink waiting at the table. I'd rather go to New York or Paris for the umpteen time to continue exploring than to start somewhere new.

[1ajs]

^this is your official invitation to add one with a short 14 hour drive east....
i'l 2nd that motion borris come check out pegcity! i'll even give yea a tour

[Hootch]

Edmonton
Calgary
Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa
Montréal

Grew up in Calgary, lived in Edmonton for the past 8 years. I enjoyed Toronto the most and would love to move there or Montréal. I found Winnipeg severly underrated.

[artvandelay]

Canada
Calgary
Montreal
Quebec
Vancouver
Edmonton
Toronto
Hamilton (Drove through)
Winnipeg (Airport)

Mexico
Cancun
Merida

US America
Los Angeles
Seattle
Las Vegas
Honolulu

Europe
Porto
Lisboa
Frankfurt

Hopefully adding to this list with a road trip in the summer!

[GDS]

Montreal
Quebec City
Ottawa
Toronto
Hamilton
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Boston
Albany
New York
Philadelphia
Washington DC
Baltimore
Raleigh
Charlotte
Virginia Beach
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Orlando
Miami
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Havana
Chicago
San Fransisco
Oakland
San Jose
Tokyo
Kyoto
Osaka
Hiroshima
Matsuyama
Karachi
Hyderabad
Dubai
Naples
Rome
Milan
Prague
Vienna
Munich
Berlin
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Brussels
Paris
Toulouse
London
Barcelona

[Vaillant]

Why do people keep writing Halifax here? It's metro is well below the 500K mark.

Let me repeat: Halifax is not to be included on this list as it is not over 500,000 population mark.

im sorry is true Halifax is like 300 000 and something.

[raggedy13]

Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec City
Seattle
San Francisco
San Jose
Los Angeles
San Diego
New York
Honolulu
Tijuana
Havana
Glasgow
Edinburgh
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Cologne
Munich
Berlin
Prague
Vienna
Venice
Rome
Bari, Italy
Zagreb
Sydney
Brisbane
Shanghai

[mylesmalley]

Canada:
Quebec
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Hamilton
Kitchener-Waterloo?
St. Catherines-Niagara?
Calgary
Vancouver

USA
Buffalo
Syracuse
Newark
Boston (drove through)
Washington D.C.
Miami
Orlando

UK
London
Leeds

Ireland
Dublin
Belfast (drove through)
Cork (pretty close to 500k)

[jodelli]

Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver

US Cities 2007 MSAs
Chicago
Miami
Atlanta
Detroit
Seattle
Tampa
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Orlando
Milwaukee
Nashville
Louisville
Buffalo
Rochester
Dayton
Grand Rapids
Akron
Sarasota
Knoxville
Toledo
Syracuse
Lakeland
Chattanooga

There are several others from Canada and the US that I've been to which are not quite to half a million yet. Chattanooga has just passed the mark.

[The Jabroni]

Calgary
Vancouver
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
Nashville
Atlanta
Tampa
Orlando

[jeremy_haak]

No offense to K-Dubyians, but Kitchener Waterloo does not exceed 500K.

Fair enough, I've always just rounded KW and London up in my head to 500,000. FWIW, The 2007 population for Waterloo Region, according to the Ontario Ministry of Finance, was 496400, growing 5000 from 2006. So, while not refering to the CMA, the Region almost certainly exceeded 500,000 for the first time this year.

[0773|=\]

Just realized Reno is under 500,000 too. Guess I'll scratch that one off... Funny. It always seemed bigger when I was there. Certainly bigger than Des Moines, yet that cities metro is over 500,000...

[kirjtc2]

Not as well travelled as most of you, but here goes...

Canada
Quebec City
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Hamilton
St. Catharines
Winnipeg

USA (doesn't include drive-throughs...lot more on that list)
Boston
Providence
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Detroit
Chicago
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Birmingham
Orlando

[itom 987]

Canada
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Toronto
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Montreal
Quebec City
Hamilton

United States
Seattle
Portland

China
Shanghai
Chengdu
Chongqing
Wuhan
Sanya
Haikou
Kunming
Jianyang
Nanning
Gulin
Yangshuo (I doubt it has 500,000 though)

England
London

Nethernands
Amsterdam

[b31den]

Canada

Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Hamilton
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec City

United States

Salt Lake City
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Denver

Europe

Frankfurt
Munich
Vienna
Prague
Warsaw
Katowice
London
Oslo
Stockholm
Helsinki
Milan
Turin
Venice
Verona

[Greco Roman]

Is St. Catharines, Ontario over 500k?

[kitchener-lrt]

I've driven/caught flights through countless cities with metro's over 500,000.

Cities that I have actually visited are:
Canada
Kitchener
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
Quebec City
Hamilton
Calgary

United States
Buffalo?
Cleveland
(I haven't really stopped at any big cities in the states, but rather drove through them)
Atlanta (drove through)

International
Amsterdam (layover)
Munich (airport)
Ljubljana (not quite 500,000)

[niwell]

Not nearly enough.

Canada:
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg

United States
New York City
Los Angeles
Boston
Boise if it counts

[Canadian Mind]

Not nearly as much as you guys.

New York City*
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Ottawa
Calgary
Edmonton
Quebec City
Winnipeg

*Whenever I've gone to New York, I've stayed and a freinds house in North Bergen, NJ, and actually ended up spending more time in NB, Union City, West New York, Hoboken, Jersey City, and Newark. I don't know whether to consider that are a part of NYCs Metro or not. As I would likely get shot by any Jersey folks if I did, and if I didn't i'd be going against what makes sense in my head considering how many peopl in Jersey work in NYC.

[vid]

Is St. Catharines, Ontario over 500k?

It has 390,000 people, and I think its population growth is pretty stagnant. The Niagara area doesn't do as well as the rest of the Golden Horseshoe.

[Wishblade]

Canada

Toronto
Montreal
Quebec City
Halifax (sure I'll add it lol)

United States

New York City
Buffalo
Albany
Miami
San Juan, P.R

Italy

Rome
Milan
Bologna
Naples
Firenze (Florence)
Venice

[MonctonRad]

Whats wrong with cities of less than 500,000?

@Wishblade - Sorry, Halifax is only about 380,000 (but I'm sure you knew that anyway :D )

Anyway, for my list

Canada

Quebec City
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Hamilton
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver

United States

Boston
New York City
Washington
Buffalo
Tampa Bay
Orlando
Chicago
Milwaukee
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego

United Kingdom

Glasgow
Edinburgh

[itom 987]

Shanghai
Beijing
Hangzhou
Suzhou

I thought you would have seen more of China by now...
You must see Chongqing!

[Wishblade]

Whats wrong with cities of less than 500,000?

@Wishblade - Sorry, Halifax is only about 380,000 (but I'm sure you knew that anyway :D )

lol yeah I did, but a lot of other people seemed to be adding it, so whatev :P

[Mille Sabords]

Let's see:

Canada:
Ottawa
Montréal
Québec City
Toronto
Hamilton
Calgary
Vancouver

USA:
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Boston
Washington
Baltimore
Miami
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Rochester

Latin America:
Buenos Aires
Rosario
Mexico City
La Havana
Acapulco (pop. 1,000,000 with tourists!)
Guatemala City
Lima
Quito

Europe:
Paris
London
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Madrid
Barcelona
Valladolid
Bruxelles
Amsterdam
The Hague
Prague
Vienna
Budapest

Middle East:
Cairo
Amman

Africa:
Dakar

Next:
Lisbon - Porto
Goa - Bombay - Calcutta
Rome - Napoli - Firenze
Rio de Janeiro - Sao Paulo - Curitiba - Recife - Florianopolis
Cordoba - Mendoza (Argentina)
Lyon - Lille - Strasbourg
Valencia (Spain)
Alexandria (Egypt)
Asmara (Eritrea)

[KingBrisketBoy]

North America

Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary

Houston
Dallas
L.A.
Denver
Las Vegas
Phoenix

International

Paris
London
Rio Di Janero
Sao paulo
Lima
La paz
Buenos aires
Sydney
Melbourne
Tokyo
Osaka

[Wooster]

I''m shocked that some haven't left the continent - a few haven't left Canada!

[Wishblade]

I''m shocked that some haven't left the continent - a few haven't left Canada!

I'm not. A lot of people don't get out of the country. I know people who have never left Nova Scotia.

[trueviking]

the united states was the only foreign country stephen harper had visited before he became leader of her majesty's loyal opposition at the age of 43.


before becoming leader of the free world, george bush had only been to mexico and had made one trip to saudi arabia when his father was president.

[Acajack]

I''m shocked that some haven't left the continent - a few haven't left Canada!

Travel is expensive. Not everyone is as fortunate as some of us are to have been able to see much of the world.

And it's no crime either to personally have little interest in travelling outside one's own corner of the planet.

[vid]

I've only been out of the Lake Superior watershed five or six times, and all of those times it was just to Atikokan. (I'm related to Atikokan. :D)

[Cambridgite]

I''m shocked that some haven't left the continent - a few haven't left Canada!

Some of us here are also young. I am 21, for example. However, that doesn't mean that I, or others, WON'T travel outside of the continent. I am planning to go to Europe with a bunch of friends in a couple of years. Eventually, I would also love to visit the great megacities of the Far East (ie. Shanghai, Tokyo, etc). From my travels, I at least know enough to pinpoint that there certainly differences between Canadian and American culture, even if they're relatively subtle. One step at a time, I guess.

[e909]

Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver

Las Vegas
Honolulu
Denver

Costs a lot of money and time to leave the continent, not everyone has been given that opportunity.

[MTLskyline]

Canada
Toronto
Montreal (live here)
Ottawa
Quebec City
Hamilton

United States
New York City
Boston
Albany
Rochester

England
London

I haven't yet seen much of the world yet, although I am working on it. :tup:

[waterloowarrior]

before becoming leader of the free world, george bush had only been to mexico and had made one trip to saudi arabia when his father was president.

not true...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112702619.html

[Acajack]

Some of us here are also young. I am 21, for example.

Yeah. At 21, I sure wouldn't have had much of a list to boast about, let me tell you.

[Wooster]

Yes, travelling certainly is expensive. No doubt about that, but it can be done on a very tight budget too.

[harls]

Being married, and having a 1 year old.. I can't see myself travelling abroad for a while. I'd like to, if I could get the chance.

[Jarrod]

I don't have the money or time to really travel. My list is pretty limited...

In order of population:
Los Angeles
Seattle (my favourite)
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton

That's it.

[S_B_Russell]

I'm sure I'm missing a few, but here goes...

Canada:
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg

USA:
New York
Washington DC
Pittsburgh
Memphis
Nashville
Dallas
Houston
Austin
Albuquerque
Las Vegas
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Jose
Bakersfield
San Francisco
Oakland
Portland
Seattle

Mexico:
Tijuana

Europe:
Frankfurt
Berlin
Munich
Cologne
Hamburg
Dresden
Dusseldorf
Stuffgart
Paris
Lyon
Nice
Amsterdam
Brussels
Madrid
Barcelona
Lisbon
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Malmo
Oslo
Milan
Rome
Naples
Genoa
London
Prague
Brno
Budapest
Bratislava
Vienna
Krakow
Katowice

South Africa:
Johannesburg
Cape Town

[Mille Sabords]

Being married, and having a 1 year old.. I can't see myself travelling abroad for a while. I'd like to, if I could get the chance.

You should rethink that if you have a chance Harley - they don't pay airfaire til they're 2. I went to Calgary, Buenos Aires and Baltimore with my first one before she rounded the odometer at age 2...

[MolsonExport]

^yeah, but can you (and your fellow passengers) stand the likely cries of a bored toddler? I remember hearing a baby cry almost all the way from Sydney to Honolulu. I swear, I was just about out of my mind.

I won't take my children on a plane until they are a bit older (currently, 6 months and 2.5 years)

[Prairie Guy]

I won't take my children on a plane until they are a bit older (currently, 6 months and 2.5 years)

Definately not until they are out of the "are we there yet? stop staring at me! are we there yet? stop poking me! are we there yet? quit making farting noises! are we there yet? Mom, tell him to stop breathing on me! are we there yet? are we there yet? ARE WE THERE YET?????????????? :D

[MTLskyline]

^yeah, but can you (and your fellow passengers) stand the likely cries of a bored toddler? I remember hearing a baby cry almost all the way from Sydney to Honolulu. I swear, I was just about out of my mind.

I won't take my children on a plane until they are a bit older (currently, 6 months and 2.5 years)

You're right on about that. Nothing is worse than having a screaming baby or a restless toddler kicking the back of your seat the whole flight.

[harls]

I've taken my kid on a plane already, when he was 5 months old. It was only a 2 1/2 hour flight, though. Only shat his pants once, thank god. Other than that he was a good, quiet behaved little man.

A trip now is more difficult because of juggling two work schedules to get vacation days at the same time (my wife's a nurse, and doesn't get much vacation - or not the days she prefers). Going on a vacation alone would be nice :hmmm: but I'm not that mean. "but honey, it's for work.. I have no choice, sorry!" :D)

[Blue 24]

North America:
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Quebec City
Hamilton,
LA
San Jose
Honolulu
Phoenix
Tucson
San Francicsco
Seattle
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Las Vegas
Buffalo

Europe:
Rome
Naples

Australia:
Sydney
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Newcastle

Asia:
Hong Kong in January!

[trueviking]

not true...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112702619.html

well done, thank you...a bit of an urban myth i guess....i saw the previous asserion on a CBC documentary....

[Elmira Guy]

Let's see ...

Canada

Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver

United States

New York City
Los Angeles
Boston
Washington D.C.
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Dallas
Atlanta
Houston
Las Vegas
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Richmond
San Antonio
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Miami
Tampa Bay
Raleigh-Durham
Memphis
Nashville
San Francisco
San Diego

Americans: Other

Mexico City
Havana

Europe

London
Glasgow
Edinburgh
York
Manchester
Birmingham
Leeds
Paris
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Marseille
Rome
Madrid
Barcelona
Lisbon
Prague
Berlin
Frankfurt
Rabat

[Riise]

Yes, travelling certainly is expensive. No doubt about that, but it can be done on a very tight budget too.

Quite true, travelling the World does not have to be "too expensive". One of the things I've learned is to keep your head up for opportunities, especially those offered in school. I'm 22 and this is my list:


Africa
Casablanca
Fez
Marrakesh
Tangier

Asia
Istanbul

Canada
Calgary
Edmonton
Hamilton
Mississauga
Ottawa
Toronto
Vancouver (Changed Planes)

Europe
Amsterdam
Berlin
Brussels
Copenhagen
Dresden
Frankfurt
Genoa
Hamburg
Hanover
Köln
Lisbon
London
Lyon
Madrid
Malmö
Marseille
Milan
Parma
Paris
Sevilla
Stockholm
Rome
Zurich

North America
Tiajuana

South America
Caracas

United States of America
Anaheim
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Columbus
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Houston
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis/Saint Paul
Nashville
New York
Oakland
Orlando
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Sacramento
Saint Louis
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Seattle
Tampa Bay
Washington