One of the largest cities in the world, New York, is one of the symbols of the United States, along with the Statue of Liberty installed here. It is a megapolis glittering with millions of lights, beautiful in places, in places – not very much like any other city in the world. Crazy rhythm of life, traffic jams, many hundreds of languages, sounding everywhere – this is how you can characterize it.
Founded by Dutch colonists, this city was originally called New Amsterdam. There are one and a half times more people in Moscow than in New York. The island of Manhattan, on which stands the Statue of Liberty and which is one of the districts of New York, was once bought from the Indians who inhabited it for a cargo of goods worth 60 guilders, which is about $ 1,000 for modern money. Now the cost of Manhattan is estimated at about $ 50 billion. In the eponymous state of New York, only 8 different road signs are used. In the New York subway, more than 12,000 different life forms have been discovered, including bacteria. Skyscrapers New Yorkers are usually called towers.
The New York subway is the largest in the world, with more than 460 stations. Every day it carries about 8 million passengers, which is comparable to the number of inhabitants of this city. Driving on most bridges and tunnels in New York is charged to drivers. Of the five New York districts, four are located on islands. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the Brooklyn region, where about 50% of all New Yorkers live, was a separate city. Kennedy Airport, located in New York, is the largest in the world. There are more skyscrapers in this city than in any other. More even than in Singapore or Hong Kong. The annual budget of New York is greater than the budget of the vast majority of all countries of the world.
In the 18th century, for one year, New York was the capital of the United States. In New York restaurants you can find a dish of any animals of the world that are not listed in the Red Book. One of the New York skyscrapers has no windows at all. According to statistics, New Yorkers are more likely to commit suicide than become victims of murder. More Poles live here than in any other city in the world, with the exception of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. About 40% of the population of New York are white Americans. Thanks to immigration from different countries, their percentage is getting smaller every year, which makes New York the most multi-ethnic city in the world.
Most of the ads in this officially English-speaking city are duplicated in Spanish. Three of the four largest financial exchanges in the world are located here. In New York, there are temples of all major religions of the world. Smoking in this city is prohibited almost everywhere. New York has long been the first in the list of the 25 safest US megacities from a criminally defined point of view. In summer there is often a heat below 40 degrees, and it is tolerated rather heavily due to high humidity. In the New York Bronx district is the largest zoo in the world. The capital of the state of New York is not the city of the same name, and the other is Albany.
