Welcome to the Official Site of Nathan O'Connor's Grand Tour of World Cities. On this site, you'll receive an introduction and information about one of the most ambitious projects any human has ever undertaken. The objective is nothing less than remarkable - some 200 cities on 6 continents must be visited by 2047. The task is daunting, with many obstacles to be taken in to consideration. There are language barriers, financing concerns, possible future health issues, and many of the required cities simply lie in countries that are plain hostile to American Citizens. Can the task be done?

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Why a Tour of the World?

A long time ago, I once read somewhere that we should all try to visit at least one new place every year. The idea seemed like a good one to me, but I thought, "Why should I limit myself to only one place per year? Why not 5? or 10? or 100?" After I thought about this for a while, I decided that what I should really do is simply determine all the places I'd like to visit, and then visit them. That way, I wouldn't be restricting myself to only visiting only a certain number of new places at certain intervals. I'd just visit wherever I wanted to visit whenever I could. Next thing you know, I was thinking of applying my philosophy of goal setting to this idea, and voila! My world tour emerged!

So, this goal of mine is an extension of my goal setting attitude and my curiosity about the world and my enjoyment of seeing new places and meeting new people. There are two parts to the plan, and they are discussed below. The first part is my goal to visit the 100 most populous cities in the United States of (North) America by May 31, 2017, about 15 years after the goal was originally set. The second part is my goal to visit the 100 most populous world cities by May 31, 2047, about 45 years after the goal was originally set.

The 100 Largest U.S. Cities by Population, 1996 (Bolded cities overlap in the list of World Cities above) Rank City Population Proj Visit Year Visited 1 New York, NY 7,420,166 X YES 2 Los Angeles, CA 3,597,556 X YES 3 Chicago, IL 2,802,079 X 4 Houston, TX 1,786,691 5 Philadelphia, PA 1,436,287 6 San Diego, CA 1,220,666 7 Phoenix, AZ 1,198,064 X 8 San Antonio, TX 1,114,130 X 9 Dallas, TX 1,075,894 10 Detroit, MI 970,196 X 11 San Jose, CA 861,284 12 San Francisco, CA 745,774 X 13 Indianapolis, IN 741,304 X 14 Jacksonville, FL 693,630 X 15 Columbus, OH 670,234 X 16 Baltimore, MD 645,593 17 El Paso, TX 615,032 18 Memphis, TN 603,507 19 Milwaukee, WI 578,364 20 Boston, MA 555,447 X 21 Austin, TX 552,434 22 Seattle, WA 536,978 23 Washington, D.C. 523,124 X 24 Nashville, TN 510,274 X 25 Charlotte, NC 504,637 26 Portland, OR 503,891 27 Denver, CO 499,055 28 Cleveland, OH 495,817   29 Fort Worth, TX 491,801 30 Oklahoma City, OK 472,221 31 New Orleans, LA 465,538 32 Tucson, AZ 460,466 33 Kansas City, MO 441,574 34 Virginia Beach, VA 432,380 35 Long Beach, CA 430,905 36 Albuquerque, NM 419,311 37 Las Vegas, NV 404,288 X 38 Sacramento, CA 404,168 39 Atlanta, GA 403,819 X 40 Fresno, CA 398,133 41 Honolulu, HI 395,789 42 Tulsa, OK 381,393 43 Omaha, NE 371,291 44 Miami, FL 368,624 45 Oakland, CA 365,874 46 Mesa, AZ 360,076 47 Minneapolis, MN 351,731 48 Colorado Springs, CO 344,987 49 Pittsburgh, PA 340,520 50 St. Louis, MO 339,316 X 51 Cincinnati, OH 336,400 X 52 Wichita, KS 329,211 53 Toledo, OH 312,174 54 Arlington, TX 306,497 55 Santa Ana, CA 305,955 56 Buffalo, NY 300,717 57 Anaheim, CA 295,153 58 Tampa, FL 289,156 59 Corpus Christi, TX 281,453 60 Newark, NJ 267,823 61 Riverside, CA 262,140 62 Raleigh, NC 259,423 63 St. Paul, MN 257,284 64 Louisville, KY 255,045 X 65 Anchorage, AK 254,982 66 Birmingham, AL 252,997 67 Aurora, CO 250,604 68 Lexington, KY 241,749 69 Stockton, CA 240,143 70 St. Petersburg, FL 236,029 71 Jersey City, NJ 232,429 72 Plano, TX 219,486 73 Rochester, NY 216,887 74 Akron, OH 215,712 75 Norfolk, VA 215,215 76 Lincoln, NE 213,088 77 Baton Rouge, LA 211,551 78 Hialeah, FL 211,392 79 Bakersfield, CA 210,284 80 Madison, WI 209,306 81 Fremont, CA 204,298 82 Mobile, AL 202,181 83 Chesapeake, VA 199,564 84 Greensboro, NC 197,910 85 Montgomery, AL 197,014 86 Scottsdale, AZ 195,394 X 87 Huntington Beach, CA 195,316 88 Richmond, VA 194,173 89 Glendale, AZ 193,482 90 Garland, TX 193,408 91 Des Moines, IA 191,293 92 Lubbock, TX 190,974 93 Yonkers, NY 190,153 94 Jackson, MS 188,419 95 Shreveport, LA 188,319 96 Augusta, GA 187,689 97 San Bernardino, CA 186,402 X 98 Fort Wayne, IN 185,716 X 99 Grand Rapids, MI 185,437 100 Glendale, CA 185,086

The 100 Largest World Cities by Population, 2002 Rank City Country Population Proj Visit Year Visited 1 Tokyo Japan 27.2 million No 2 Mexico City Mexico 16.9 2005 No 3 Sao Paolo Brazil 16.8 No 4 New York City USA 16.4 DONE Yes 5 Mumbai India 15.7 No 6 Shanghai China 13.7 No 7 Los Angeles USA 12.6 DONE Yes 8 Calcutta India 12.1 No 9 Buenos Aires Argentina 11.9 No 10 Seoul South Korea 11.8 No 11 Beijing China 11.4 No 12 Lagos Nigeria 10.9 No 13 Osaka Japan 10.6 No 14 Delhi India 10.3 No 15 Rio De Janeiro Brazil 10.3 No 16 Karachi Pakistan 10.1 No 17 Cairo Egypt 9.9 No 18 Manila Phillippines 9.6 No 19 Tinjin China 9.6 No 20 Paris France 9.6 DONE Yes 21 Moscow Russia 9.3 No 22 Dhaka Bangladesh 9 No 23 Jakarta Indonesia 8.8 No 24 Istanbul Turkey 8.2 2004 No 25 London United Kingdom 7.6 DONE Yes 26 Teheran Iran 6.9 ? No 27 Chicago USA 6.9 DONE Yes 28 Lima Peru 6.8 bef 2010 No 29 Bangkok Thailand 6.7 No 30 Bogota Colombia 6.2 No 31 Madras India 6.1 No 32 Hong Kong China 5.9 No 33 Lahore Pakistan 5.2 No 34 St. Petersburg Russia 5.1 No 35 Santiago Chile 5 bef 2010 No 36 Bangalore India 5 No 37 Harbin China 4.7 No 38 Guangzhou China 4.6 No 39 Baghdad Iraq 4.4 ? No 40 Toronto Canada 4.4 2005 No 41 Kinshasa Congo, DR 4.4 No 42 Philadelphia USA 4.3 No 43 Milan Italy 4.2 No 44 Madrid Spain 4.1 No 45 Yangon Myanmar 4 No 46 San Francisco USA 3.9 DONE Yes 47 Algiers Algeria 3.8 No 48 Washington D.C. USA 3.7 DONE Yes 49 Detroit USA 3.7 DONE Yes 50 Dallas USA 3.7 No 51 Frankfurt Germany 3.6 DONE Yes 52 Sydney Australia 3.6 DONE Yes 53 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 3.6 No 54 Guadalajara Mexico 3.5 2005 No 55 Singapore Singapore 3.4 No 56 Montreal Canada 3.3 2005 No 57 Berlin Germany 3.3 No 58 Houston USA 3.2 No 59 Casablanca Morocco 3.2 No 60 Melbourne Australia 3.1 DONE Yes 61 Athens Greece 3.1 2004 No 62 Caracas Venezuela 3 No 63 Ankara Turkey 2.9 2004 No 64 Abidjan Ivory Coast 2.9 No 65 Boston USA 2.9 DONE Yes 66 Kiev Ukraine 2.8 No 67 Barcelona Spain 2.8 No 68 Capetown South Africa 2.8 No 69 San Diego USA 2.8 2004 No 70 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 2.8 ? No 71 Taipei Taiwan 2.7 bef 2010 No 72 Rome Italy 2.7 No 73 Hamburg Germany 2.6 No 74 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2.6 No 75 Atlanta USA 2.5 DONE Yes 76 Phoenix USA 2.4 DONE Yes 77 Maputo Mozambique 2.4 No 78 Surabaya Indonesia 2.3 No 79 Birmingham United Kingdom 2.3 No 80 Minneapolis USA 2.3 No 81 Munich Germany 2.3 No 82 Manchester United Kingdom 2.3 No 83 Havana Cuba 2.2 No 84 Warsaw Poland 2.2 No 85 Johannesburg South Africa 2.2 No 86 Miami USA 2.1 No 87 Bucharest Romania 2.1 No 88 Damascus Syria 2.1 No 89 Vienna Austria 2.1 No 90 St. Louis USA 2 DONE Yes 91 Budapest Hungary 2 No 92 Tel Aviv - Yafo Israel 2 No 93 Baltimore USA 2 No 94 Seattle USA 2 bef 2006 No 95 Nairobi Kenya 1.9 No 96 Lisbon Portugal 1.9 No 97 Beirut Lebanon 1.9 No 98 Vancouver Canada 1.9 No 99 Minsk Belarus 1.8 No 100 Dakar Senegal 1.8 No

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