// SET UP VARIABLES FOR LOOPING
		//
		// ALWAYS leave corporateHomeCity for startingCity
		// Add corporateHomeCity to citiesVisited
		citiesVisited.add(corporateHomeCity);
		// Add distance to startingCity
		ArrayList<Integer> aCityArrayList = citiesMap.get(new Integer(corporateHomeCity));
		totalDistanceOfTour += aCityArrayList.get(startingCity);
		// shrink map
		citiesMap.remove(new Integer(corporateHomeCity));
		// sets processThisCity to starting tour stop, the startingCity
		processThisCity = startingCity;
		//
		// THE LOOP
		//
		while( !citiesMap.isEmpty() ) {
			//
			aCityArrayList = citiesMap.get(new Integer(processThisCity));
			// loop set up
			cityClosestDistance =  0;
			//
			for(int i = 0; i < aCityArrayList.size(); i++) {
				if( !citiesVisited.contains(i) ) {
					if( processThisCity!=i ) {
						loopCityDistance = aCityArrayList.get(i);
						if (cityClosestDistance==0) {
							cityClosestDistance = loopCityDistance;
							cityClosest = i;
						}
						if (cityClosestDistance > loopCityDistance) {
							cityClosestDistance = loopCityDistance;
							cityClosest = i;
						}
					}
				}
			}
			//
			// adds closest city to list of cities that have been visited.
			citiesVisited.add(processThisCity);
			// last city get distance to starting city
			if( citiesMap.size()==1 ) {
				// adds the distance between the last city and the starting city
				totalDistanceOfTour += aCityArrayList.get(new Integer(corporateHomeCity));
			} else {
				// adds the distance between the currentCity and the closest city to the total distance traveled.
				totalDistanceOfTour += cityClosestDistance;
			}
			// shrink map
			citiesMap.remove(new Integer(processThisCity));
			// sets processThisCity to next tour stop, the cityClosest
			processThisCity = cityClosest;
			//

		}