American West

In the American west, we find some of the most important and influental states in America. The following statese are included as a western state: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The biggest Metropolian Areas, or Citys are; Los Angeles, San Francisco, Riverside, Phoenix and Seattle. The famous city, Las Vegas, is the 10th largest city by population. The West, can be described as overall semiarid. Americans from the West are seen as shallow and too carefree.Many cities in the West have their own particular stereotypes – residents of Seattle are
stereotyped as chain-smoking, coffee-addicted, depressed, grunge-music listeners. The industry in the west is mostly based on farming, manifacturing, cultural and shipping industry. In the West, there are many different societys and areas. It varies from Urban, Outdoor, Industrial and Business environments.

Fun facts;
-Totaling nearly three million acres, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the entire United States.
-San Francisco Bay is considered the world's largest landlocked harbour.
- California is bigger than eighty-five of the smallest nations in the world.

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http://www.pashnittours.com/funfacts.html
http://englishrepublic.ru/Topics/AmericanRegions.pdf