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Los Angeles (: /lɑˈsændʒələs/, : /los ˈaŋxeles/ in Spanish) is the largest city in the state of California and the American West as well as second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated an alpha world city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over 498.3 square miles (1,290.6 km) in Southern California. Additionally, the Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to nearly 12.9 million residents, who hail from all over the globe and speak 224 different languages. Los Angeles is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most diverse counties in the United States. Its inhabitants are known as "Angelenos" (: /ændʒəˈlinoʊz/). |
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Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center. Harlem was a village independent of New York City until 1873, and has been defined by a series of boom and bust cycles, with significant ethnic shifts accompanying each bust. Originally a farming village best known as the site of Revolutionary War battles, it collapsed around 1850 and was occupied by Irish squatters. It revived after being incorporated into New York City and boomed with the introduction of efficient public transit to lower Manhattan. Too many houses were built, and the market cracked twice -- first in the mid 1890s, and again in 1904. Jews, Italians, and other ethnic groups moved into the neighborhood in large numbers and, after the 1904 crash, black residents arrived en masse.
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