General US Information
The Five Tallest
Buildings in the United States are:
1) Sears Tower, Chicago: 1,450 ft.
2) Empire State Building, New York:
1,250 ft.
3) Aon Centre, Chicago: 1,136
ft.
4) John Hancock Center, Chicago:
1,127
5) Chrysler Building, New York:
1,046 ft.
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The Five Most Populous
US States are:
1) California: 36M
2) Texas:
23M
3) New York: 20M
4)
Florida: 18M
5) Illinois:
13M |
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Five Firsts:
1) Automobile Service Station, Pittsburgh, PA:
1913
2) Computer, Philadelphia, PA:
1946
3) Ferris Wheel, Chicago, IL:
1893
4) Lighthouse, Boston, MA: 1716
5) Subway, Boston, MA 1897 |
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The Five Most Populous
US Cities are:
1) New York City, NY: 8.1M
2)
Los Angeles, CA: 3.8M
3) Chicago, IL:
2.9M
4) Houston, TX: 2.0M
5)
Philadelphia, PA: 1.5M |
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*The Top 10 Most Visited
States by U.S. Tourists:
1) California
2) Florida
3) Texas
4) Pennsylvania
5) New York
6) North Carolina
7) Georgia
8) Virginia
9) Ohio
10) Illinois
*Source: Travel Industry Association of America; Travelscope®. |
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*The Top 10
Most Visited Cities by Foreign Tourists:
1) New York, NY
2) Los Angeles, CA
3) Orlando, FL
4) Miami, FL
5) San Francisco, CA
6) Las Vegas, NV
7) Oahu/Honolulu, HI
8) Washington, DC
9) Chicago, IL
10) Boston, MA
*Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration.
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*The10 Most
Livable Cities (over 300,000 people) are:
1) Charlotte, NC
2) Cincinnati, OH
3) Denver, CO
4) Ft. Worth, TX
5) Jacksonville, FL
6) Kansas City, MO
7) Louisville, KY
8) San Diego, CA
9) San Jose, CA
10) Tulsa, OK
*Source: Partners for Livable
Communities, www.mostlivable.org .
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*The Top 10
"American Treasures":
1) The Grand Canyon, AZ
2) Statue of Liberty, NY
3) Yellowstone National Park, WY. ID, MT
4) Washington, D.C. Monuments
5) Niagra Falls, NY
6) Hawaii
7) Mount Rushmore, SD
8) Redwood Forests, CA
9) Glaciers, AK
10) Rocky Mountains, CO, WY
*Source: A survey by the Travel
Industry of America. |
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*America's Top 10 Beaches:
1) Fort DeSoto Park—North Beach, St. Petersburg,
FL
2) Ocracoke Island, Outer Banks, NC
3) Hanalei Bay, Kauai, HI
4) Caladesi Island State Park, Clearwater,
FL
5) Fleming Beach, Maui, HI
6) Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, MA
7) Coronado Beach, San Diego, CA
8) Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne,
FL
9) Main Beach, East Hampton, NY
10) Hamoa Beach, Maui, HA
*Source: Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman (aka Dr. Beach), author
of America's Best Beaches and professor of environmental
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*The Top 10 Nationalities
of Tourists to US:
1) Canada
2) Mexico
3) United Kingdom
4) Japan
5) Germany
6) France
7) South Korea
8) Australia
9) Italy
10) Netherlands
*Source: Office of Travel and Tourism Industries/International
Trade Administration. |
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*The Top 5 Safest Town to
Live in America:
1) Newton, Massachusetts
2) Amherst, New York
3) Mission Viejo, California
4) Thousand Oaks, California
5) Greece, New York
*Source: Travel Channel, based on current crime statistics.. |
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*The 7 Best American
Boardwalks:
1) Santa Cruz, California
2) Atlantic City, New Jersey
3) Ocean City, Maryland
4) Coney Island, New York
5) Virginia Beach, Virginia
6) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7) Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
*Source: Travel Channel, by
Philip Scher |
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*The 7 Best American Ice
Cream Parlors:
1) Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream, Hyde Park, MA
2) Lizzy's Homemade Ice Cream, Waltham,
MA
3) Peter's Homemade Ice Cream Parlor and
Coffeehouse,
Brooklyn, NY
4) Handels Homemade Ice Cream and Yogurt,
9 locations in Ohio and Pennsylvania
5) The Mootime Creamery, Coronado, CA
6) The Elevated Ice Cream Company,
Port Townsend, WA
7) Lollypops, Mount Laurel, NJ
*Source: Travel Channel |
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*The 7 Best U.S. Factory
Tours for Kids:
1) Crayola Factory Tour, Pennsylvania
2) Kellogg's Cereal City USA, Michigan
3) Louisville Slugger Museum, Kentucky
4) Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory,
Vermont
5) Basic Brown Bear, California
6) Jelly Belly Factory and Wisconsin
Warehouse Tour
7) Hershey's Chocolate World, Pennsylvania
*Source: Travel
Channel |
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These are the 6
Regions of the US. They have similar climate, geography,
traditions, or history.
New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Middle Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin,
Missouri
Deep South: Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas
Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Texas
West: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii,
Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming |
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