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ATL

ATL Atlanta, the capital and most populus city in the state of GA. Their are 510,000 living within city limits and 6.3 million in the metro area. It has the densest urban tree coverage of any major city in the US, which was surprising and quite nice. It was the terminus of a major railroad, which then became may more. The City in a Forest. Length of stay:  1 day #notel Accommodations:  #Notel day trip with frontier gowild pass. Rented car?:  No Public Transit from airport:  Yes, via Marta breeze pass. Must try thing: Waffle house, lemon pepper wings, The Atlanta beltline Typical meal / beer:  $15 / didn't drink TLDR - Large large metro area, feels like lots of neighborhoods / suburbs to explore - Marta is the public transit rail. It does the job but really only gets you downtown and some surrounding areas. Car centric. - Very different from Denver, very diverse, lots of trees and humid. - The most persistent and annoying homeless. Not 10 minutes I was being hass...
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SAN

SAN San Diego, probably the BEST weather in the united states (in my opinion). If money was no object, I would probably live here. This city has a population of 1.3 million people. This was the first site visited and settled by the Europeans and has the busiest single runway airport in the world. Americas finest city. Length of stay:  1 week Accommodations:  trusted house sitters Rented car?:  No Public Transit from airport:  Available, but did not use. Must try thing: La Jolla, Pacific Beach boardwalk, Oscars fish tacos Typical meal / beer:  $18 / $8 TLDR - Large - ish city with many pockets and neighborhoods (la Jolla, pacific beach, ocean beach, imperial beach, NorthPark (hipster area) and hillcrest. - Pretty perfect weather, lots of sun people are in good spirits here - Lots of beaches and chill vibes no matter where you go - Great Mexican and seafood  - More diverse culture and food coming from Denver -- I visited here in 2017 and again for a week in 2...
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PDX

PDX Portland, a city with a size of some 650,000. Named after Portland, ME. It is known as bridge city and the rose city, and boy they had a lot of bridges. I visited in April/May of 2024 and when landing, was greeted with an overcast/grey and rainy skies. It was exactly what I was expecting and a nice contrast to Denver's, sunny and 75 day I left before. Length of stay: 10 days Accommodations: Hostel and trusted house sitters Rented car?: Yes Public Transit from airport: Yes Must try thing: Powells books, Forest Park Typical meal / beer: $15 / $7 TLDR - midsized city with public transit and food that punches above its weight - good city for introverts, readers, creatives and coffee/beer fans - great outdoor access. Drive east for water and beach, drive west for mountains and the royal gorge. - homeless are there downtown areas, but didn't have any issues or solicitations - Cars are VERY friendly to pedestrians (they won't creep up on you as you try and use the crosswa...
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