Most people visiting America from Europe arrive by ship in New York. Some of the visitors and immigrants never go beyond New York. They never see such places as Chicago, Oklahoma and San Fransisco. So the city of New York has people of many different races. It has a large number of foreigners, and one can hear foreign languages being spoken on all sides.
The early settlers chose for their own island which they could easily defend. New York has grown far beyond the boundaries of this island (Manhattan), and the cost of land on the island is very expensive. For this reason, there are many very tall buildings called skyscrapers.
New York, which has a population of 8 million, is not only the largest but also the most important city in the United States. It is the Centre of business and financial activities. It is not, however, the capital of the USA. The capital is Washington, in the district of Columbia, and the seat of government is there. The United States is one of the few countries in the world whose largest city is not its capital.
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