The United States is a state of megacities. The huge millionaire cities of the United States beckon with endless possibilities and are invariably associated with success. Statistics say that more than half of the citizens of this country live in giant conglomerates. They attract not only the indigenous population of America, but also migrants arriving from Asia, Europe and Africa.
In the US, there are about 270 settlements with a population of more than 100,000 people. There are nine metropolitan areas and four cosmopolitan cities. In addition to them, there are three super-agglomerations. These are Boswash, Chipits and Sansan. They are a confluence of the sprawling cities located in the neighborhood. From a bird's eye view, their appearance is almost identical. The million-plus cities of the United States illuminate the country's endless highways with myriads of neon lights.
Boswash
Boswash is the northeastern agglomeration. It included New York, metropolitan Washington, B altimore, Boston and Philadelphia, as well as several dozen provincial settlements. Herthe length exceeds 1000 kilometers, and the number of inhabitants is 50 million.
Boswash is the heart of the American state. On its territory are located the institutions of the judicial, legislative, executive power of the government of the country, which received the unofficial name of the "federal triangle".
US millionaire cities are the cultural, scientific and educational centers of North America. It is here, in the northeast, that the leading educational institution of the continent, Harvard University, is located.
Chipts
The possessions of the super-anglomeration Chipits include the lands of Chicago and Pittsburgh, as well as forty settlements concentrated in the border zone. Due to its location around the picturesque lakes, Chipits is sometimes called the "lakeside metropolis". Its area is 160 sq. km.
Sansan
Sansan form the US cities of San Francisco and San Diego. Its population exceeds 20 million people. Being the embodiment of reckless fun, lightness and idleness, Sansan is contrasted with the prim and deliberately businesslike Boswash.
The visiting card of the metropolis is the Golden Gate Road Bridge, built in the first half of the 20th century. The length of all spans of the structure is 1270 meters. Sansan is also the cradle of hippies and the birthplace of sexual minorities, a "kaleidoscope" of nations and nationalities, the main entertainment center of America.
Big Apple
All major US citiesreminiscent of close relatives, but not New York! It was founded at the very beginning of the 17th century by Dutch sailors, so for several decades it was called New Amsterdam. The families of the first colonists who arrived from the Netherlands huddled on the territory of the present metropolis. Later, these places were given the status of a monument of national importance.
Modern New York, or, as it is also called, the Big Apple, consists of five districts. It is formed by Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. The noisiest and most respectable borough is Manhattan, which has become home to political organizations, hundreds of theaters, museums and art galleries. The population of New York in 2016 is over 20 million people.
City of Angels
The city of angels is called Los Angeles, which is invariably associated with US cinema. First of all, travelers are met by Sunset Boulevard, the graphite canvas of which takes them to the nearest suburb of the metropolis - the resort town of Malibu.
Rodeo Drive is another iconic highway. The street is full of shops and boutiques, cafes and eateries on both sides. Thousands of inhabitants of the metropolis flock here in search of profitable shopping. It houses a hotel where scenes from the movie "Pretty Woman" were filmed.
But getting to the famous inscription on Hollywood Hill is not so easy. The path to it runs through an ordinary residential area, which rests on impregnable stone embankments, overgrown with thorny bushes. If atake into account all the suburbs and recreational areas, the population of the city of Los Angeles will be almost four million people.
Space City
Houston is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States. The head offices of the country's leading oil corporations are based on its territory. Its neighborhoods are a jumble of concrete and glass structures that separate wide avenues and freeways.
All major US cities have their own nicknames. Houston was no exception. It is known as Space City, the place where the space chronicle of America is being written. It is here, in the south of the country, a few kilometers from the Gulf of Mexico, that the Space Flight Control Center is located.
Wind City
Chicago strikes with an abundance of skyscrapers that are literally tearing apart cumulus clouds. It is an important transport hub in North America. The pride of the metropolis is the first skyscraper in the United States, which appeared on one of its central streets. It offers breathtaking views of Lake Michigan. The number of Chicagoans has long exceeded nine million.
