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View Poll Results: Olympic host cities you've been to
Vancouver 158 50.48%
London 162 51.76%
Beijing 36 11.50%
Athens 42 13.42%
Sydney 42 13.42%
Atlanta 144 46.01%
Barcelona 84 26.84%
Seoul 24 7.67%
Los Angeles 214 68.37%
Moscow 14 4.47%
Montreal 125 39.94%
Munich 81 25.88%
Mexico City 46 14.70%
Tokyo 66 21.09%
Rome 110 35.14%
Melbourne 22 7.03%
Helsinki 18 5.75%
Berlin 77 24.60%
Amsterdam 98 31.31%
Paris 154 49.20%
Antwerp 31 9.90%
Stockholm 33 10.54%
St. Louis 126 40.26%
Salt Lake City 118 37.70%
Calgary 94 30.03%
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Old Posted Sep 14, 2011, 8:34 AM
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^Vancouver's metro is just shy of 2.5 million. It's 2.75 million if you include the Fraser Valley.

I've been to:

Vancouver
Beijing
Montreal
London
Los Angeles
Paris
Calgary

I'm an idiot and included Seoul even though I was only at the airport.
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I would like to see the Olympic Games in the ancient city, e.g. Rome.
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London
Beijing
Athens
Atlanta
LA
Mexico City
Tokyo
Rome
Berlin
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LA, Mexico, Atlanta, London

But besides driving by Memorial Stadium in LA, I can't remember actually seeing or doing anything related to Olympics in any of them though.
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Los Angeles
London
Montreal
Sydney
Amsterdam
Rome
Paris
Stockholm

The only one where I've actually seen any of the Olympic venues in person is Montreal.
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I color coded just to get an idea of to what extent the North America vs the World premise holds between SSP and SSC.

Top 10 for SSP (64):

1. Los Angeles (50)
2. Paris (34)
3. Rome + Atlanta (31)
4. London (30)
5. St Louis (26)
7. Vancouver (24)
8. Montreal (23)
9. Amsterdam (22)
10.Calgary (17)

Top 10 for SSC (69):

1. London (45)
2. Paris (39)
3. Amsterdam + Barcelona (28)
4. Los Angeles (27)
5. Berlin (26)
6. Sydney (24)
7. Rome (23)
8. Beijing + Atlanta + Munich + Melbourne (14)
9. Athens (12)
10.Tokyo (11)

conclusion: oh yeah, it holds..

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Metro Vancouver is larger than Metro Oslo at 2.1 mil vs 1.45 mil, although the opposite may have been true back in 1952.
I just went quickly through what Wikipedia had, so I don't expect it to be accurate
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Wow, I've been to eleven. Plus a few not featured (although Lake placid is hardly even a village, let alone a city). I also have visited Oslo (Winter games site)
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St. Louis. That's it, unfortunately.

I passed through Salt Lake City on Amtrak when I was three, but do not recall anything so I'm not counting it.
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where is Oslo?
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Hmm, apparently I forgot to add Munich when I voted (not in italics).
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I see London and Atlanta are closing in on 2nd place Paris. Vancouver is not too far behind either.


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where is Oslo?
I could only fit 25 options, so I decided in favor of a North American Winter Olympic city since it's more likely to get more votes.

Oslo is however on the SSC poll (with only 4 votes as of now).
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Calgary
Vancouver
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
London
Beijing

The only one I've actually attended the Olympics at was Calgary, and the only other one I've visited Olympics venues in was Beijing.
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Calgary
Vancouver
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
London
Beijing

The only one I've actually attended the Olympics at was Calgary, and the only other one I've visited Olympics venues in was Beijing.
the Beijing facilities where second to none. i really like the way some of them where designed. they were as unique as they could be.
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I see London and Atlanta are closing in on 2nd place Paris. Vancouver is not too far behind either.




I could only fit 25 options, so I decided in favor of a North American Winter Olympic city since it's more likely to get more votes.

Oslo is however on the SSC poll (with only 4 votes as of now).
Is Squaw Valley on that poll?
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no I didn't get it in.
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Vancouver
Athens
Seoul
Montreal (briefly)
Tokyo
Paris

Plus:
Sapporo
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london, athens, berlin, munich, barcelona, amsterdam, salt lake city, rome, paris, LA, bold are the cities whose olympic facilities i have visited or facilities i know for a fact hosted events such as olympic stadium in berlin, olympic stadium in munich, i did visit the old wembley so that counts as visiting londons facilities i suppose

i have also visited innsbruck and the facilities and chamonix
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