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The “year in cities” thing has become enough of a pattern that I did it again (here are links for 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015). This is basically just a list of cities in which I spent at least one night between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021. An * denotes those cities in which I spent multiple non-consecutive nights. I didn’t count nights spent in airplanes.

1. Happy Valley, OR*
2. Lake Forest, IL
3. Chicago, IL*
4. Las Vegas, NV
5. Bandon, OR
6. Seaside, OR
7. Rochester, NY*
8. Louisville, KY
9. New York, NY*
10. Athens, Greece*
11. Chania, Greece (Crete)
12. Kankakee, IL*
13. Oglesby, IL
14. Lincoln City, OR
15. Wasco, OR
16. Enterprise, OR
17. Bend, OR
18. Eugene, OR
19. Westlake, OR
20. Eureka, CA
21. Danville, CA
22. San Simeon, CA
23. Long Beach, CA
24. Mecca, CA
25. Joshua Tree, CA
26. Peoria, AZ
27. Flagstaff, AZ
28. Cedar City, UT
29. Riverdale, UT
30. Glenns Ferry, ID
31. Frenchglen, OR
32. Tulelake, CA
33. Mt. Shasta, CA
34. Ashland, OR
35. Fairport, NY
36. Buxton, OR

And here are the flights I took this year. These do not count layovers.

1. Portland, OR to Chicago, IL (January)
2. Chicago, IL to Portland, OR (January)
3. Portland, OR to Las Vegas, NV (February)
4. Las Vegas, NV to Portland, OR (February)
5. Portland, OR to Rochester, NY (April)
6. Rochester, NY to Chicago, IL (April)
7. Chicago, IL to Portland, OR (April)
8. Portland, OR to New York, NY (June)
9. New York, NY to Athens, Greece (June)
10. Athens, Greece to Herakleion, Greece (June)
11. Chania, Greece to Athens, Greece (June)
12. Athens, Greece to Chicago, IL (June)
13. Chicago, IL to Portland, OR (June)
14. Portland, OR to Rochester, NY (October)
15. Rochester, NY to New York City, NY (November)
16. New York City, NY to Portland, OR (November)