I. new york, NY
New york is the most populous and largest city in the United States and the fourth largest metropolitan area in the world. New york has exerted great global influence in commerce and finance, and has been selected as a world-class city. It directly affects the media, politics, education, entertainment and fashion around the world, and the United Nations headquarters is also located here. The Empire State Building, the tallest building in new york, remains the tallest building in the world for the longest time, and it is also one of the main landmarks in new york. It is one of the most popular study abroad cities in America.
Tourism is a very important economic source in new york, with about 47 million American and foreign tourists visiting here every year. The Empire State Building, Alice Island, Broadway, Metropolitan Museum, Central Park, Washington Square Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden are all famous tourist attractions, while the boutiques on both sides of Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue are tourist shopping centers. The Statue of Liberty is a major attraction and a world-famous landmark.
New york is the world's major publishing center for television, advertisements, music, newspapers and books, and the largest media market in North America (followed by Los Angeles and Toronto). Well-known media companies include time warner Inc., News Corporation, Hearst International Group and Viacom, and seven of the eight largest advertising media in the world will be headquartered in new york.
The three major airports in new york are: John F. Kennedy International Airport, la guardia airport, laguardia and Newark International Airport.
Second, Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles, which means "city of angels" in Spanish, is abbreviated as L.A. and L.A. in Chinese. It is a city in southern California on the west coast of the United States. According to the population ranking, Los Angeles is the largest city in California (with a population of over 4 million) and the second largest city in the United States, after new york. Los Angeles is one of the centers of world culture, science and technology, international trade and higher education, and also has world-renowned institutions in various professional and cultural fields. This city and its neighboring areas form the foundation of Los Angeles' international reputation and global position in the fields of mass entertainment such as movies, television and music.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco, alias "Golden Gate City", "Bay City" and "Fog City". As for the name "San Francisco", it is a transliteration of the first three syllables of the English name and is one of the famous cities in California. The most famous scenic spots in San Francisco are the cable car, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Bridge and the Pan American Pyramid. Tourism is the pillar of San Francisco's economy, which is often described in songs, movies and popular culture. It also makes the city and its landmarks famous all over the world.
Fourth, Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest. The landmark of Seattle is the space needle tower built in 1962 for the 2 1 century Expo. The Expo site around it was changed to Seattle Center, which is still the venue for many important folk and artistic activities. Other famous landmarks include Smith Tower, Peak Square Market and Seattle Music Experience Hall (EMP Experience Music Project), New Seattle Central Library and columbia center. The headquarters of big American companies are all in Seattle: Washington Mutual Bank, Encore Insurance, Starbucks, Costco, Microsoft and so on. Although Boeing's headquarters moved to Chicago, its main commercial airliner is still produced here.
Verb (short for verb) Portland, Oregon
Portland, also known as "the city of roses". This is because the climate in Portland is especially suitable for growing roses. There are many rose gardens in the city, such as the International Rose Experimental Park in Washington Park in Portland. And was chosen as the most suitable city for raising children in the United States. It is the second largest city in the Pacific region in the northwest of the United States after Seattle. The cost of living in Portland is lower than most metropolitan areas in California and Washington.
Portland is as famous for beer as other cities in Oregon. Some people say that Portland is the birthplace of "micro-brewery". The reason for the development of the beer industry in Portland is that in the 1960s, Oregon amended the law to allow wineries to sell wine directly to customers, which led to the emergence of many microbreweries and bars in the city. Today, there are 33 breweries in this city, which is the largest number of breweries in the world. Because its number is more than that of Cologne, Germany, some people call Portland "the beer capital of the world".
6. Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is a huge tourism, shopping and holiday industry centered on gambling, and it is one of the world-famous holiday destinations. The main economic pillar is gambling. Because the casino is a golden bowl, tycoons from all over the United States have invested in Las Vegas to build casinos, and even Japanese tycoons, Arab princes and famous actors have invested. Gambling has promoted the development of tourism and entertainment.
Nevada is the only state in the United States that allows sex trade to be legal, and Las Vegas is the only state that prohibits sex trade in order to maintain social order. Every casino is designed to attract tourists with magnificent and grotesque buildings. All casinos are open 24 hours a day, and gambling is colorful. Located in the valley area surrounded by desolate desert and semi-desert areas in Nevada, there is little rainfall and the temperature difference between winter and summer is quite large. Affected by the foehn, it is extremely hot in summer, and the highest temperature can reach 50 degrees Celsius. It is cold and windy in winter.
Hawaii Honolulu
Lu Lu the Fire Slave, or Lu Lu badminton the Fire Slave. Because the early sandalwood is abundant in the local area and shipped to China in large quantities, it is called Honolulu by China people and is the economic, commercial and political center of Hawaii. Waikkk Beach is a world-famous tourist attraction. There are many restaurants, shops and rich nightlife choices. It attracts more than one million tourists every year.
To the west of Waikiki is Ala Ocean Romance Center, the largest open shopping center in the world. Other tourist attractions include: the Arizona Memorial of USS Pearl Harbor, polynesian cultural center in Porini, Diamond Head Crater Trail, Pacific National Memorial Cemetery and LyonArboretum.
Eight, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is the capital and largest city of Massachusetts and one of the oldest and most culturally valuable cities in the United States. It is the center of higher education and medical care. Its economic foundation is scientific research, finance and technology, especially bioengineering, and it is considered as a global city. Boston is called "Athens of America" because there are more than 65,438+000 universities in the Boston metropolitan area, and more than 250,000 college students are educated here.
Universities in Boston are the main factors that affect the economy of the city and the whole region. They are not only major employers, but also attract high-tech industries to the city and its vicinity, including computer hardware and software companies and bioengineering companies (such as Millennium Medicine). Boston receives more money from the National Institutes of Health every year than any other American city. Other important industries are finance (especially mutual funds) and insurance. Boston-based Fidelity helped popularize mutual funds in the1980s, making Boston one of the top financial cities in the United States.
Nine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia; Philadelphia, usually referred to simply as "Philadelphia", is the sixth largest city in the United States and the most populous and largest city in Pennsylvania. It is one of the largest university towns in the United States, with more than 65,438+020,000 college students in the urban area and nearly 300,000 college students in the surrounding metropolitan areas.
Economic activities are mainly manufacturing, food processing and financial services. Because the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the American National Railroad Passenger Transport Company in Philadelphia are located at the station on 30th Street, they have a certain scale. From the expressway, you can see spectacular buildings. The American government is in Philadelphia, so there are many law firms in Philadelphia. In addition, the law schools of the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University are very famous, which is one of the main reasons why Philadelphia has become an important legal service center in the United States.
Ten, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is located in southwest Pennsylvania and is the second largest city. Pittsburgh is one of the cities with the best public security in the United States. It has been rated as the most livable city in the United States for many times and one of the cities with the lowest crime rate in the United States. With a long historical memory and modern urban scene, it takes 6 hours to drive from new york to the east, 3 hours to Washington, D.C. in the southeast, 5 hours to Philadelphia in the east, 65,438+0 hours to Cleveland in the west, 2 hours to Lake Erie in the north and 5 hours to Niagara Falls in the northeast. It is an important place connecting the east coast and the midwest of the United States.
2 1 century, Pittsburgh has been transformed into a prosperous industrial and commercial city famous for biotechnology, computer technology, robot manufacturing, medical care, finance and education, and has become a model of successful urban economic transformation in the United States.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, the common aliases are: "windy city", "Chicago city" and so on; It is the third largest metropolitan area in the United States after new york and Los Angeles, and the largest industrial center in the Great Lakes region. Located in the center of the North American continent, it is the most important railway and aviation hub in the United States. It is also a major financial, cultural, manufacturing, futures and commodity trading center in the United States; It is also one of the most influential cities in the world. Chicago O 'Hare International Airport is one of the most modern and busiest airports in the United States.
Twelve. Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the largest city in Michigan, an important port city, a traditional automobile center and a music city in the world. Detroit has a variety of urban architectural styles, and it is one of the cities with the most preserved skyscrapers and historical buildings in the1920s and191930s. The most prominent buildings in Detroit are the First Fox Cinema, the Detroit Opera House and the Detroit Art Museum. Coupled with the post-modernist Renaissance Center, * * * isomorphic became the urban landscape of Detroit.
There is a people mover sightseeing route in downtown Detroit, which runs on the elevated track and has thirteen stations. You can take the passenger express bus to shuttle through the city, and you can also see the high-rise buildings of GMC and the Canadian scenery across the Detroit River. There are many high-rise buildings in the city center and the new center, while the rest of the city consists of shorter buildings and family houses.
13 years old, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States. It is the center of the American civil rights movement and hosted the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Famous scenic spots: Atlanta Botanical Garden, CNN Center, Si Tong Mountain Park, Martin Luther King Jr. Historical Site, world of coca-cola, Atlanta Aquarium, etc. In addition, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in America.
14. Orlando, Florida
Orlando is located in central Florida and is one of the best leisure cities in the world. There are many lakes, clean streets, friendly residents and warm climate, which are the best places for hiking, camping, water sports, honeymoon and family travel. At the beginning of the 20th century, Orlando developed into a prosperous agricultural city and a famous "orange peel city". The success of citrus cultivation has promoted the development of local railways and real estate. In the late 1950s, 1968+ 1950, Orlando obtained another continuous source of funds, that is, the beginning of the space age.
The establishment of the Kennedy Space Center on the east coast of Florida has brought rich income and a lot of employment opportunities to the region. In Orlando, there are theme parks in Xian Yi, old and young, such as Walter Disney World in Walter Disney World, Epcot Center in EpcotCenter, Universal Studios, Adventure Island, Sea World and countless hotels, which all create its tourism status.
In addition, the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter", Hogwarts Castle and Hogwarts Village covered with artificial snow and ice jointly created by Warner Bros. and Universal Studios Company truly present the magical world in Harry Potter's books. It is planned to be completed in 2009 and put into operation in June 20 10, with a cost of several billion dollars.
15 years old, Houston, Texas
Houston is the largest city in Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States and the largest economic center along the Gulf Coast. The official nickname is "Space City" because it is the seat of Johnson Aviation Center and the mission monitoring center is also located here. Therefore, "Houston" is the first word said on the moon.
Houston is famous for its energy (especially oil), aviation industry and canals. It is the sixth largest port in the world and the busiest port in the United States, with the largest tonnage of foreign ships and the second largest regardless of nationality. It is also home to the Texas Medical Center, the largest and most important research and treatment institution in the world, and it is also the place with the lowest living expenses and housing prices in major metropolitan areas in the United States. Houston is called a "global city" by the Globalization and World Cities Research Group.
16 years old, Dollas, Texas
Dallas, the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest city in the United States, is listed as the third kind of world-class city by the research group and network of globalization and world-class cities of Loughborough University, that is, small world-class city. The main economic pillars are petroleum industry, telecommunications, computer technology, banking, air transport and cotton industry. Fort Worth Airport, located in the northern suburbs, is the aviation center in the southern United States, the busiest airport in Texas and the third busiest airport in the United States. American Airlines is headquartered within 1 mile of the airport. Tian Ai Airport, located 6 miles northwest of the city, is the headquarters of Southwest Airlines.
Schools, majors and geographical locations in the United States are all areas that need to be planned. I hope the introduction of these cities can help you open your mind and choose a city that suits you.