Empire State from the Highline

My American Concerns

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December 18th 2010
I want to like America but why is it so obese, why hasn’t it gone metric and why are there so many homeless people? The worlds only remaining superpower is a strange contradiction, an enigmatic, exuberant and innovative place, yet I feel let down that an apparent superpower spends trillions on wars and considerably less on a growing underclass. Just where are the United State ... read more

North America » United States

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more