The largest Cities of the USA

There are a lot of interesting and impressive cities in the USA but the heart of a nation is Washington, D. C., its capital.

Washington is smaller in size than the largest cities of the USA, such as New York, Chicago or Los Angeles. The buildings in Washington are not very tall because no building must be taller than the Capitol.

The two main sights of Washington are the Capitol and the White House. Not far from the Capitol there is the Library of Congress, the largest library of the United States. There are a lot of museums in Washington where you can see all kinds of things: famous paintings and sculptures, the dresses of Presidents’ wives, the original of the Declaration of Independence.

New York is the largest city in the USA and one of the largest cities in the world. Situated at the mouth of the deep Hudson River. People who come to New York by sea are greeted by the Statue of Liberty. It has become a symbol of the city and an expression of freedom to people all over the world.

The five boroughs ['bʌrəs] comprising the city are Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Richmond. The center of New York is Manhattan Island. Numerous skyscrapers, banks and offices of American business. The Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the United Nations building, Central Park, Times Square, Broadway all these world famous sights are situated here.

The map of Manhattan seems unusual to a European eye. It is crossed from north to south by avenues and from east to west by streets. Each avenue has either a name or a number.

Wall Street in Manhattan is the financial heart of the USA. Broadway is the symbol of American theatre. The intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue forms world famous Times Square.

Los Angeles is the second largest city. Its name comes from the Spanish for ’the City of Angels’, because the land was originally claimed for Spain by missionaries in 1781. It became an American city in 1850 when California became part of the United States. Los Angeles is a popular place because of its pleasant semi- tropical climate and beautiful Pacific coast.

The third largest city in the USA, Chicago, is on the shore of Lake Michigan. Chicago is called the Windy City because of the strong winds that blow through it. Chicago is an industrial center. The city has always attracted a diverse population of Americans and new immigrants in search of jobs.

San Francisco is the most interesting city in the United States. It occupies the northern end of a peninsula, so it is surrounded on three sides by water. San Francisco is famous for its bridges and fog. The Golden Gate Bridge is the symbol of the city. San Francisco is called the city of hills because it has 40 hills. San Francisco has a reputation as an intellectual, liberal, and slightly crazy city and his sights attract millions of tourists every year.

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