Other big cities according to the population are New York (7 mil.), Los Angeles and Chicago (3 mil.), Houston and Philadelphia (1,7 mil.), Detroit (1 mil.).

INTERESTING PLACES
Besides the US capital and New York there are many places worth seeing, such as many national parks and large urban areas.
On western coast the most well-known places are Los Angeles and San Francisco. Los Angeles is the second largest. Here we can find the famous film centre Hollywood and luxurious quarters (Beverly Hills). Each year in April the American Film Academy awards Oscars for the best film of the year. LA is also the centre of crime. LA university is called California Technology Institute. The biggest ZOO in the world is there. San Francisco, one of the cleanest and most picturesque cities is the victim of frequent earthquakes. It has several quarters. Berkeley University is there. In the south there are following important centres : New Orleans is the city where jazz was born. Houston with the NASA centre and Johnson Space Centr. Florida is mainly a tourist area with long beaches on Miami. The biggest centres in the est are Philadelphia – one of the oldest cities. Chicago lies on the bank of Lake Michigan. In Chicago the first skyscrapers was built in 1882. Chicago is the centre of steel and iron industries. Detroit is the centre of US car industry ( Pontiac, Chevrolet, Ford, Chrysler, Cadillac).