Megalopolis+Group

= Megalopolis = Megalopolis includes Washington, DC, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Eastern New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. There is some overlap with the Megalopolis area and the Manufacturing Core.

Literature [|Knickerbockers History of New York Vol. 1]



In late 1809, while mourning the death of his seventeen-year-old fiancée Matilda Hoffman, Washington Irving completed work on his first major book, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809), a satire on self-important local history and contemporary politics. Prior to its publication, Irving started a hoax akin to today's <span style="background-color: transparent !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; text-indent: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> ; he placed a series of missing person adverts in New York newspapers seeking information on Diedrich Knickerbocker, a crusty Dutch historian who had allegedly gone missing from his hotel in New York City. As part of the ruse, Irving placed a notice—allegedly from the hotel's proprietor—informing readers that if Mr. Knickerbocker failed to return to the hotel to pay his bill, he would publish a manuscript Knickerbocker had left behind. Unsuspecting readers followed the story of Knickerbocker and his manuscript with interest, and some New York city officials were concerned enough about the missing historian that they considered offering a reward for his safe return. Riding the wave of public interest he had created with his hoax, Irving—adopting the pseudonym of his Dutch historian—published A History of New York on December 6, 1809, to immediate critical and popular success. "It took with the public", Irving remarked, "and gave me celebrity, as an original work was something remarkable and uncommon in America". Today, the surname of Diedrich Knickerbocker, the fictional narrator of this and other Irving works, has become a nickname for Manhattan residents in general.

Historic Sites

The oldest house in Boston, Massachutesetts. This house was built in the 1680's and belonged to Paul Revere. Since Paul did renovations to it and was an important figure in united states history, his great grandson purchased the house to make sure no one took down. In 1908 the house was done being renovated and was opened to the public as a museum.

Music from Megalopolis:

http://youtu.be/4rQuEmBgr3E

And of <span style="background-color: transparent !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border: none !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; text-indent: 0px !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> Frank Sinatra's song New York New York. New York..New York I want to wake up, in a city that never sleeps And find I'm A number one, top of the list King of the Hill, A number one....

http://youtu.be/9KJQNMqVIug

Beautiful Places

Cape Cod is located in Massachusetts. It is 18,000 years old in geologic time. The seashore is 2,500 acres long. Cape Cod is well known for its tourism. There are seven lighthouses located at Cape Cod. There are also many hiking trails located at Cape Cod.

The low tide at Cape Cod, and the tide does change often. When there is a low tide people would walk on the sand where there used to be the tide. It can also be dangerous to walk where the tide used to be because the water will return.

__Big City__ New York City is the largest populated city in the United States. There is 8.4 million people in New York City as of 2013. New York is well known for it's world wide tourism especially during Thanksgiving and New Years's Eve. New York City's landmarks are: Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Little Italy, and Rockefeller center. New York is known for it's sports: New York Yankees, New York Mets, New York Giants, New York Jets, New York Knicks ,and New York Rangers.



====Boston Population is 636,479 as of 2013. Boston is know for it's universities. There are over 20 colleges and universities in the Boston area. Boston famous landmarks are: Cape Cod, Plymouth Rock, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket, and Newbury Street. Boston is well known for the Boston Marathon. Tourist around the world come for the marathon ,and the city of Boston has marathon theme items ,and drinks. Boston sports teams are: Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, New England Patriots, Boston Bruins. ====



Washington D.C is the capital of the United States. The population of Washington D.C is 646,449. It is where the president of the United States live. The senate and the house of representatives meet for voting. Everything with the government is in the city of Washington D.C The landmarks of Washington D.C are: Washington monument, The White House, Lincoln Memorial,and Jefferson Memorial.



=**FILM**=

__**This is list of movies set or partially set in the [|U.S. state] of [|New Jersey] :**__
Superman
 * // [|13 Going on 30] // (2004)
 * // [|13th Child] // (2002)The story is based on The Jersey Devil by James F. McCloy and Ray Miller Jr.[3] The film was shot in New Jersey at Wharton State Forest, Batsto Village, and Hammonton in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.
 * // [|29th Street] // (1991)
 * // [|54] // (1998)
 * // [|(500) Days of Summer] // (2009) The main character Tom Hansen grew up in [|Margate City]
 * // [|According to Greta] // (2009)
 * // [|Across the Universe] // (2007) - Some parts are shot at Princeton University Campus
 * // [|The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension] // (1984)
 * // [|Alice, Sweet Alice] // (1976)
 * // [|American Gangster] // (2007)
 * // [|American Hustle] // (2013)
 * // [|Analyze That] // (2002)
 * // [|Analyze This] // (1999) Partially Filmed in Hoboken, Jersey City, Montclair NJ
 * // [|Annie] // (1982)
 * // [|Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters] // (2007)
 * // [|Artie Lange's Beer League] // (2006)
 * // [|Atlantic City] // (1980)
 * // [|Baby It's You] // (1983)
 * // [|Bad Company] // (2002)
 * // [|Ball of Fire] // (1941)
 * // [|Bathing Beauty] // (1944)
 * // [|A Beautiful Mind] // (2001)
 * // [|Be Kind Rewind] // (2008)
 * // [|Being John Malkovich] // (1999) - ("You see the world through John Malkovich's eyes. Then after about 15 minutes, you're spit out into a ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike!")
 * // [|Big] // (1988) - (parts of movie filmed in Cliffside Park)
 * // [|Bogus] // (1996)
 * // [|The Bounty Hunter] // (2010) - Filmed partially in Atlantic City
 * // [|Brainscan] // (1994)
 * // [|Brewster's Millions] // (1985 film)
 * // [|Broadway Danny Rose] // (1984)
 * // [|Burn After Reading] // (2008) Partially Filmed in Paramus, NJ (Gym Scenes - Route 17)
 * // [|The Cartel] // (2010)
 * // [|Caught] // (1996) - Jersey City, NJ
 * // [|Chasing Amy] // (1997)
 * // [|Cheaper by the Dozen] // (1950)
 * // [|Cinderella Man] // (2005)
 * " [|City by the Sea] " (2002) Asbury Park, NJ
 * // [|City of Hope] // (1991) Takes place in fictitious Hudson City, New Jersey
 * // [|Class of Nuke 'Em High] // (1986)
 * // [|Clean and Sober] // (1988) Stars Michael Keaton & Kathy Baker. Directed by Ron Howard. Partially filmed in Gloucester City, NJ.
 * // [|Clerks] // (1994)
 * // [|Clerks II] // (2006)
 * " [|The Color of Money] " (1986)
 * // [|Coneheads] // (1993)
 * // [|Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen] // (2004)
 * // [|The Cookout] // (2004) - his hometown team - NJ NETS
 * // [|Cop Land] // (1997)
 * // [|Cosmopolitan] // (2003)
 * // [|Coyote Ugly] // (2000) - (was given the name 'Jersey' because she was originally from [|South Amboy] )
 * // [|The Crew] // (2000)
 * // [|Dan in Real Life] // (2007)
 * // [|The Dark Knight Rises] // (2012) - Newark, NJ
 * // [|Dark Ride (film)] // (2006) - Took place in [|Asbury Park]
 * // [|The Day the Earth Stood Still] // (2008)
 * // [|Desperately Seeking Susan] // (1985)
 * // [|Dogma] // (1999)
 * // [|Down the Shore] // (2011)
 * // [|Duane Hopwood] // (2005)
 * // [|Eddie and the Cruisers] // (1983)
 * // [|Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!] // (1989)
 * //Elizabethtown//
 * // [|Empire Records] // (1995)
 * // [|Escape From New York] // (1981) Opening scene is supposed to be Bayonne, NJ
 * // [|The Family Stone] // (2005) Madison New Jersey
 * // [|The Family Man] // (2000)
 * // [|Firstborn] // (1984)
 * // [|Flight 93] // (2006)
 * // [|Forget About It] // (2006) Primarily Filmed in Hoboken
 * // [|Frame of Mind] // (2009) - Carlstadt, NJ
 * // [|Freedomland] // (2006)
 * // [|The Freshman] // (1990) Ending of movie is supposed to take place in Cherry Hill
 * // [|Friday the 13th] // (1980) - (Setting in fictional Crystal Lake Camp,NJ,. filmed in Blairstown,NJ at No-Be-Bo-Sco camp)
 * // [|Friday the 13th] // (2009)
 * // [|Funny Money] // (2006)
 * // [|Garden State] // (2004)
 * // [|Girl Most Likely] // (2012)
 * // [|The Godfather: Part III] // (1990)
 * // [|Gone Fishin'] // (1997)
 * // [|Goodbye, Columbus] // (1969)
 * // [|Gracie] // (2007)
 * // [|Greetings from the Shore] // (2007) Based and shot in Lavallette, New Jersey
 * // [|Guess Who] // (2005)
 * // [|Gunshy] // (1998)
 * // [|Gypsy 83] // (2004)
 * // [|Happiness] // (1998) - ("You know, people are always putting New Jersey down. None of my friends can believe I live here. But that's because they don't get it: I'm living in a state of [|irony] .")
 * // [|Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle] // (2004)
 * // [|Hellboy] // (2004)
 * " [|Homeboy] " (1988)
 * // [|Hudson Hawk] // (1991)
 * // [|The Amityville Horror] // (1979) Partially filmed in Toms River, NJ
 * // [|The Hurricane] // (1999)
 * // [|Hysterical Blindness] // 2002 Takes place in Bayonne, New Jersey
 * // [|Imaginary Heroes] // (2004)
 * // [|The In-Laws] // (1979)
 * // [|In & Out] // (1997) - Clinton, Montclair, and North Jersey locations < [] >
 * // [|I.Q.] // (1994)
 * // [|Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back] // (2001)
 * // [|Jaws] ' the movie takes place in the small New England beach resort of Amity Island. However, it was based on the true story of a great white shark which terrorized the shores of New Jersey in the summer of 1916.//
 * // [|Jersey Girl] // (1992) Starring Jami Gertz and Dylan McDermott
 * // [|Jersey Girl] // (2004) Directed by Kevin Smith, Starring Ben Affleck
 * // [|Jersey Shore Shark Attack] // (2012)
 * // [|The Jimmy Show] // (2002)
 * // [|Joe the King] // (1999)
 * // [|Julie & Julia] // (2009) Hoboken, NJ
 * // [|Just Friends] // (2005)
 * // [|The Kill-Off] // (1990)
 * // [|The King of Marvin Gardens] // (1972)
 * // [|Lansdown] // (2002)
 * // [|The Last Broadcast] // (1998)
 * // [|Lean on Me] // (1989)
 * // [|Lianna] // (1983)
 * // [|Live Free or Die Hard] // (2007)
 * // [|Little Black Book] // (2004)
 * // [|Lock Up] // (1989)
 * " [|Loins of Punjab Presents] " (2007)
 * // [|The Long Kiss Goodnight] // (1996) ("Easy, sport. Got myself out of Beirut once, I think I can get out of New Jersey." "Yeah, well don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed. The entire population, in fact.")
 * // [|Mafioso] // (1962) - North Bergen
 * // [|Mallrats] // (1995)
 * // [|Men in Black] // (1997)
 * // [|Morning Glory] // (2010)
 * // [|Mortal Thoughts] // (1991)
 * // [|Moving] // (1988)
 * // [|The Nanny Diaries] // - After graduating from Montclair University, Annie is unsure what to do next in her life.
 * // [|National Treasure] // (2004)
 * // [|New Jersey Drive] // (1995)
 * // [|New Jersey: The Movie] // (2009)
 * // [|Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist] // (2008)
 * // [|North] // (1994)
 * // [|Not Fade Away] // (2012)
 * // [|Nothing But Trouble] // (1991)
 * // [|Now You Know] // (2002)
 * // [|Ocean's Eleven] // (2001) - Danny Ocean is released from a prison in New Jersey.
 * // [|Old Dogs] // (2009) Partially Filmed in Hoboken, NJ (Dan's Apartment)
 * // [|On The Waterfront] // (1954) - (Filmed in Hoboken, set in Brooklyn)
 * // [|One for the Money] // (2012)
 * // [|Owning Mahowny] // (2003)
 * // [|Palookaville] (1995)//
 * // [|Paper Soldiers] // (2002)
 * // [|Paul Blart: Mall Cop] // (2009)
 * // [|The Perfect Holiday] // (2007) - set in Jersey Gardens Mall
 * // [|The Pick-up Artist] // (1987) - set in Atlantic City
 * // [|Picture Perfect] // (1997) Hoboken & West Orange, NJ
 * // [|Pootie Tang] // - Old Bridge (2001)
 * // [|The Prowler] // (1981) -took place in the fictional town of Avalon Bay. Filmed in [|Cape May]
 * // [|The Purple Rose of Cairo] (1985)//
 * //Ragtime (1981) Spring Lake,New Jersey. James Cagney's last film.//
 * // [|Raising Helen] // (2004)
 * // [|Ransom] // (1996) Filmed Throughout Bergen County
 * // [|Restaurant] // (1998)
 * // [|Return of the Secaucus 7] // (1980)
 * // [|River Red] // (1998)
 * // [|Rocket Science] (film)// (2007) Set in Plainsboro, New Jersey
 * // [|Running on Empty] // (1988)
 * // [|Running Scared] // (2006)
 * // [|Rounders] // (1998)
 * // [|Satan's Playground] // (2005)
 * " [|school of rock] "
 * //Second Best// (2004)
 * // [|The Secret Life of Walter Mitty] // (1947) - set in Perth Amboy
 * // [|Sherrybaby] // (2006)
 * // [|The Simian Line] // (2000)
 * // [|Something Wild] // (1986)
 * // [|Snake Eyes] // (1998)
 * //The Soprano State// (2010)
 * // [|Spider-Man 3] // (2007)
 * // [|The Station Agent] // (2003)
 * // [|Stardust Memories] // (1980) (Filmed in Asbury Park,Belmar,Deal,Hoboken,Neptune City,Ocean Grove, New Jersey)
 * // [|Storytelling] // (2001)
 * [|//Street Fight//] (2005)
 * // [|Swimfan] // (2002)
 * // [|This Thing of Ours] // (2003)
 * // [|The Toxic Avenger] // (1984) and three sequels - ("The First Superhero from New Jersey")
 * // [|Trade] // (2007)
 * // [|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen] // (2009) - Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf) attends Princeton University
 * // [|Union City] // (1980)
 * // [|United 93] // (2006) - (The flight departed from [|Newark International Airport] .)
 * // [|Vision Quest] // (1985) - (Actually is set in Spokane, WA...but the female lead says she's from Trenton.)
 * // [|Voices] // (1979) - mostly filmed in Hoboken. Amy Irving. Michael Ontkean.
 * // [|Walking to the Waterline] // (1998)
 * // [|War of the Worlds] // (2005)
 * // [|Welcome to the Dollhouse] // (1995)
 * // [|The Wedding Singer] // (1998)
 * // [|Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken] // (1991)
 * // [|Win Win] // (2011)
 * // [|Winter Solstice] // (2004)
 * // [|Wise Guys] // (1986)
 * // [|The World According to Garp] // - scenes filmed in Denville movie theater and Madison City Hall
 * // [|World Trade Center] // (2006) - Clifton, NJ
 * // [|The Wrestler] // (2008)
 * // [|Zoolander] // - partially in Ogdensbug,NJ

Accents: new york accents: http://youtu.be/xlILInD-JkM Shit brooklyn people say: http://youtu.be/H_dx7CkA0ck

__Holidays__ New Years Eve Every year on New Years Eve New York City has a celebration for the new year. At 12:00 AM New Year's Day the new year ball will drop. The event is nationally televised. People will come to times square in the early morning/ afternoon ,so they can get a good viewing of the new year ball drop. People around the world and United States will come to New York to see New Years Eve. Thanksgiving Every year on Thanksgiving New York City will have the Macy's parade. NEWS The New York grand jury that voted not to charge a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man heard testimony from 50 witnesses and considered 60 exhibits over the course of nine weeks of deliberations, a state judge said on Thursday. The details came in a brief order from Stephen Rooney, a judge in Staten Island, who granted the request of Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan to release publicly some details about the secret proceeding. JUSTICE DEPT. [|Eric Garner's widow sees 'some type of hope' in federal investigation] Tribune wire reports U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday that the Department of Justice's civil rights investigation into a New York police officer who killed a man with a chokehold will be as quick as possible. Speaking in Cleveland, Holder said the investigation would be exhaustive and fair and if appropriate, "we will bring charges." A grand jury decided not to bring charges against the police officer, triggering widespread protests on Wednesday. //This story is developing.//

//VIDEO OF ERIC BEING CHOKED// http://youtu.be/IYSnp1UGVGc

Widow speaks: http://youtu.be/AvrRsO-eU0s

== __**Population Information:**__
 * ** Through out the 2000's, the population has grew about 6%. **
 * ** This is about 17% of the population on 2% of the country. **

**(U.S.) ** || **Combined Statistical Area ** **(CSA) ** || **Census ** **2000 ** || **Census ** **2010 ** || **Growth ** **2000s ** ||
 * **Rank **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">New York, Newark, Bridgeport || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">21,361,797 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">22,085,649 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">+3.39% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Washington, Baltimore, Arlington || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">7,572,647 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">8,572,971 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">+13.21% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Boston, Worcester, Manchester || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">7,298,695 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">7,559,060 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">+3.57% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">8 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Philadelphia, Camden, Wilmington || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6,207,223 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6,533,683 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">+5.26% ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Total ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">42,440,362 ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">44,751,363 ** || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">+5.45% ** ||