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My “year in cities” thing is still going strong (here are links for 2022, 2021, 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, 2023, and December 31, 2023. 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. Christchurch, NZ*
3. Nelson, NZ
4. Westport, NZ
5. Franz Josef, NZ
6. Queenstown, NZ
7. Oamaru, NZ
8. Lake Tekapo, NZ
9. Auckland, NZ
10. Tokyo, Japan
11. Moses Lake, WA
12. Beaverton, OR*
13. Eugene, OR
14. Newberg, OR*
15. Burlington, VT
16. Millbury, MA
17. Rochester, NY*
18. Carson, WA
19. Jacksonville, OR
20. Brookings, OR
21. Bandon, OR
22. Hebo, OR
23. Seaside, OR
24. Marblemount, WA
25. Squamish, BC
26. Nashville, TN
27. Portland, OR
28. Olney, OR
29. Hammond, OR
30. Leavenworth, WA
31. Salmon Arm, BC
32. Golden, BC
33. Abbotsford, BC
34. Berlin, Germany
35. Krakow, Poland
36. Prague, Czech Republic
37. Eureka, CA
38. Huntsville, AL
39. Memphis, TN
40. Sheffield, AL

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

1. Portland, OR to Auckland, NZ  (February)
2. Christchurch, NZ to Auckland, NZ (February)
3. Auckland, NZ to Tokyo (March)
4. Tokyo to Portland, OR (March)
5. Portland, OR to Boston, MA (May)
6. Boston, MA to Rochester, NY (May)
7. Rochester, NY to Portland, OR (June)
8. Portland, OR to Nashville, TN (August)
9. Nashville, TN to Portland, OR (August)
10. Portland, OR to Berlin, Germany (September)
11. Berlin, Germany to Krakow, Poland (September)
12. Krakow, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic (September)
13. Prague, Czech Republic to Portland, OR (October)
14. Portland, OR to Rochester, NY (December)
15. Rochester, NY to Huntsville, AL (December)
16. Huntsville, AL to Portland, OR (December)