US city for one day and one evening - which? Tulsa, Chicago, SLC, DFW

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I have an upcoming work trip. It's a bit of a whirlwind tour for five days. We land at New York then drive up to Shelton in Connecticut. A few days later we fly out to Tulsa for a couple more days. Then home to London.

I intend to try to fly out a day early and spend it in New York before we head off to Shelton. I want to do similar at the end of the trip and stay an extra day and night before coming back to London. But as we will be in Tulsa my options are a bit more limited. Getting back to New York isn't a direct direct flight so probably not worth it for just one day. So I am looking for somewhere on the natural route home from Tulsa to LHR and simply stopping a day rather than getting an immediate connecting flight.

My options seem to be Chicago, Salt Lake City, Dallas Fort Worth or just stay in Tulsa an extra day and night. I've never been to any of the locations. My gut feeling is Chicago but that might not be possible depending on what time we leave the office on the last day.

Any opinions from experience on which of those would be the better place to stay for a day and night would be appreciated. Thanks.

Edit: The plan would be to leave the office Friday afternoon, jump on an internal flight, hotel Friday night. Then spend Saturday at the new location, stay a further night and fly direct home to London on Sunday.
 
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Spent some time in DFW as had to go for work. And tacked some holiday on. Didn't really think much of it if I'm honest.
Bear in mind I'm not a city person. But with there not being much history/architecture etc it just wasn't for me.

Took a trip down to San Antonio which was much nicer. But DFW? Not for me

Had not long broken up with gf and did go to this restaurant (I use the term loosely) which was like hooters but more! That was a bit bizarre if I'm honest. Basically being served by girls in full on bikinis. Felt a bit tacky. But a memory none the less!
Unfortunately I can't remember the name.. Red something


Out of interest I looked for the restaurant. Redneck heaven... Permanently closed! :D
Check out Google images. Would never get that in the UK. And rightly so! There were kids and families in it. Pretty degrading looking back
 
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I don't have much to go on but I briefly visited the Chicago area and unless you are really into the history (or architecture as above) I wouldn't personally rush to visit.
 
Also thanks. Not looking good. I might just stay in Tulsa or take the hit and get back to New York then :)
 
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Also thanks. Not looking good. I might just stay in Tulsa or take the hit and get back to New York then :)
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Makes you realise how spoilt we are in Europe I have to say.
For all the expense and other moans we have I would miss the history and depth of cities in UK and Europe. (this would be what I'd miss most of I do manage to emigrate to NZ or similar)

DFW was a big modern but fairly hollow city for me. And the scenery around it also felt barren.

Oh,
I used the metro after dark. I only did that once. People carrying guns and night at being asked for money by said people was scary. I said no to the asking for money. But yeah. It was extremely uncomfortable.
Rent a car!
 
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Oh,
I used the metro after dark. I only did that once. People carrying guns and night at being asked for money by said people was scary. I said no to the asking for money. But yeah. It was extremely uncomfortable.
Rent a car!
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Did you even visit America if someone didn't point a gun at you atleast once? :p
 
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Did you even visit America if someone didn't point a gun at you atleast once? :p
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Unfortunately he didn't point it at me. But did have it in his hand.

But I did it all
-Road tripped in a rented a chevy camero super sport (in yellow by chance!) and drove DFW to San Antonio (best bit of holiday).
-Asked for dollar by a dude carrying a gun.
-went a baseball game
-got served by a girl. In a bikini at a "family" sports bar (she got a tip!)
-visited 6 flags
-asked if I knew the queen
-numerous comments on accent
-ordered a starter that was shocking as much as I could eat. (8 huge mozzarella stick!)
-gawked that cost of filling this huge sports car was same as Honda at home and same cost per mile.
 
Why not just take annual leave at the end of your trip? If work is paying for a flight home it’s irrelevant when you take it (unless there’s a massive difference in price). As long as you take it from the same place. People at my place do that all the time, Americans come over to our office for a weeks work, go to the continent for a week, then come back via London. I always take a week off when I go to LA for work, but then again I have family nearby so it’s easy.
 
Honestly major US cities are mostly crime ridden poo holes these days.. LA and SF were by far the biggest let downs on my west coast trip, the smaller places like Santa Barbera and Flagstaff were nice though. The national parks however were absolutely amazing
 
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Las Vagas. Put it all on black, win, stay longer.

But yea, much like the UK. Most of the cities are grubby and crime ridden, but the countryside is very nice and a lot more varied than here.

Small towns are friendlier and safer.
 
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Salt Lake City is quite nice. Met a missionary on a plane heading there and she offered to show me her tabernacle. Was disappointed to find out it was a temple, but it was very tidy and the city itself was nice for a short visit.
 
Nasher said:
Las Vagas. Put it all on black, win, stay longer.

But yea, much like the UK. Most of the cities are grubby and crime ridden, but the countryside is very nice and a lot more varied than here.

Small towns are friendlier and safer.
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From my limited experience I'd say countryside is much less varied than UK. Across USA, of course, yes its more varied. But in the 3 places I've been in the USA you have to travel a long way to get the variety you get travelling 20 miles here.
 
Chicago is awesome, has its crime issues but like most big cities it’s quite rare you’ll actually be the victim of crime unless you’re very unlucky or live in a sketchy area.

Only downside is the weather and how cold it can get, otherwise it’s a great city to visit.
 
Just to put it out there, how about Canada? Ottawa or Montreal, for instance. Or could you travel back with Icelandair and spend a day in Reykjavik?
 
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Why not just take annual leave at the end of your trip? If work is paying for a flight home it’s irrelevant when you take it (unless there’s a massive difference in price). As long as you take it from the same place. People at my place do that all the time, Americans come over to our office for a weeks work, go to the continent for a week, then come back via London. I always take a week off when I go to LA for work, but then again I have family nearby so it’s easy.
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Just started a new job. Only been here 2 months so haven't accrued much holiday. Also don't want to be too cheeky.
 
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