I. Los Angeles
"Los Angeles, located in southwestern California, is the second largest city in the United States and the largest city in the western United States. It is often called "city of angels". This is a brief introduction to Upper Los Angeles. What is city of angels? Where do angels live? How nice it would be! Let's analyze Los Angeles from several aspects.
1. environment
Los Angeles has a stable Mediterranean climate, which is mild all year round. Friends who know geography know that the Mediterranean climate is one of the most suitable climates for people to live in. In addition, Los Angeles has beautiful beaches (Santa Monica) and historic Ovella Street.
2. Culture
(1) Hollywood: Hollywood has only the world's top film industry and luxury brands, leading and representing the highest level of global movies, such as DreamWorks, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Sony, Universal Studios, WB (Warner Bros.), Paramount and so on. Friends who like movies come here to experience Hollywood culture at close range.
(2) Education: Los Angeles has the world-famous California Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles (ranked 24th in USNEWS), University of Southern California, Huntington Library and Getty Museum. If you want to give your children a top-level education, Los Angeles is a good choice.
(3) Others: Los Angeles is the second largest market for modern American art (after new york). 150 Many art galleries and museums have built a palace of contemporary art.
NBA is the representative of American sports culture, and Los Angeles has one of the representatives of American NBA: Los Angeles Lakers.
3. Economy
Los Angeles is the largest economic center in the western United States, accounting for 30% of California's labor market. The city's output value is about 1/3 of California's, accounting for more than 25% of California's retail and wholesale volume. Automobile industry, electronics industry, finance and tourism play an important role in its economy, and the largest automobile factory in Los Angeles is located here. Its high-tech products account for 60% of the country. There are many immigrants in Los Angeles, and the arrival of new immigrants has brought a lot of money and strengthened its position as the economic, commercial and financial center of the western United States. In 20 16, the GDP of Los Angeles was 753 1 100 million US dollars, which was the second in the United States, second only to new york.
Second, San Francisco.
San Francisco, also translated as "San Francisco" and "San Francisco", is a port city on the Pacific coast of California, USA. It is a world-famous tourist attraction and the fourth most populous city in California. San Francisco is close to Silicon Valley, a world-famous high-tech industrial zone. It is the most important high-tech research and development base in the world and the most important financial center in the western United States. The gold rush attracted the first batch of China people to San Francisco, which is still one of the first choice places for immigrants from China. What's San Francisco like?
1. environment
San Francisco Peninsula is surrounded by water on three sides, which is affected by the cold current in Pacific California. San Francisco is a typical cool summer Mediterranean climate. Due to the long-term influence of sea breeze, the daily maximum temperature in summer in San Francisco is usually only about 20 degrees Celsius (℃), and it will exceed 30 degrees Celsius only for about one week every year due to strong land breeze. It is worth mentioning that San Francisco is located in the earthquake zone, and there have been many earthquakes in history (San Francisco earthquake, prester earthquake, etc.). ).
2. Culture
(1) Education: The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most important scientific, educational and cultural centers in the world, with world-renowned institutions of higher learning including the public University of California at Berkeley and the private Stanford University? And the world's top medical center, the University of California, San Francisco? . Up to 20 18, 10, 100, there are more than one Nobel Prize winner (Berkeley 107, Stanford 83, etc.). ? And many Fields Prize winners (Berkeley 14, Stanford 8)? Turing Prize winners (Stanford 27, Berkeley 25) have studied or worked here; About 200 Olympic champions walked out of the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the centers of American hippie culture, modern liberalism and progressivism since the 20th century, and it is also the seat of the academy of art university, the largest art college in the United States. Seeing such a top quality education, I don't know if everyone is excited.
(2) Related to China: Chinatown: A place where China people are concentrated, just like a "market" in China (exactly, like a "food market"), but many tourists come every day. The history of Chinatown in San Francisco is over 65,438+0.20 years. There is a dark green Chinese archway and a stone lion in Chinatown at the entrance, which is a symbol of Chinatown and Chinese civilization. There is also the China Celebrity Charity Commendation Day (Jacky Cheung Day:1995US65438+1October 29th, San Francisco Jacky Cheung Day Certificate. Dawn Day: 1992, the mayor of San Francisco designated 65438+1October 16 as' Dawn Day' and awarded the' Honorary Mayor' award. Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Anita Mui Day: 1993 San Francisco, USA, designated April 18 as "Anita Mui Day" every year in recognition of her charitable contributions to the local Chinese community. In 2002, Anita Mui was awarded the honor of "Outstanding Charity Artist" by the Governor of California. Living in so many cultures in China, you may feel at home in other places.
3. Economy
With such top educational resources, San Francisco's economic development is also top in the United States. According to a recent report by the Economic Research Institute of the San Francisco Bay Area Council, in the past three years, the annual economic growth rate of the Bay Area was 4.3%, almost twice that of other parts of the United States, ranking 1 in the United States. The report shows that since the end of the economic recession, the number of jobs in the science and technology industry in the Bay Area has greatly increased. From July 2065438 to July 2007, the number of employees increased to 750,000, an increase of 45%. The total number of employed people in this area has increased by 26%. The per capita GDP of nine counties in the Bay Area is close to $80,000, ranking 1 among similar big cities in the United States.