It was a good decision to have been to San Francisco

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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It was a good decision to have been to San Francisco

Is this correct?

2

I would said “to go to San Francisco.”

You could say “to have gone to” but that doesn’t sound nearly as natural.

For this American, “to have been to” doesn’t work.

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“To have been to” doesn’t work for me either. Here’s another alternative with “go to”:

Going to San Francisco was a good decision.
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So when do we use ‘to have (been) + verb3’ ?