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Detroit (Michigan) New Orleans (Louisiana) San Francisco (California) Las Vegas (Nevada) Chicago

Detroit (Michigan)
- home of carmaker Henry Ford, the centre of US car industry (Pontiac, Chevrolet, Ford, Cadillac, Chrysler,...)
- the largest Afro-American museum, the world's largest African American historical and cultural museum

New Orleans (Louisiana)
- well known by cradle (kolébka) of jazz
- the most important street French Quarter Bourbon Street - lot of carnival parade - the famous is Mardigras on 4th March
- drink - daiquiri

San Francisco (California)
- one of the most cleanest cities
- the victim of a frequent earthquakes
- famous for its hilly relief and cable car going through its streets
- Golden Gate Bridge 1932
- a lot of writers of beat generation
- Alcatraz was a military prison on Alcatraz Island (1846 start; 1934 converted into federal prison; 1963 cancelled) - nobody overlive (survive) the escape

Las Vegas (Nevada)
- casinos, hotels, gambling
- discovery of minerals let to the mining industry

Chicago
- most lawless and corrupt cities in the world
- it earned its evil (zlý) reputation from the gang warfare (válčení) promoted by the most notorious gangster of all time, AL CAPONE.
- the center of commerce and transportation (O'Hare Airport is the busiest airport in the world)

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