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Capital: Montgomery Largest City: Huntsville Population: 5 million Admitted: 1819 Alabama is a southern state on the Gulf of Mexico. In August of 2016, I went to Alabama on a driving trip through several southern states. My goal on this trip was to do one thing in each city. During this trip, the goal of seeing all fifty states began to formulate in my mind. For Alabama, I chose the house that Martin Luther King Jr. lived in Montgomery. Visiting the house, I felt his presenc

Capital: Olympia Largest City: Seattle Population: 7.07 million Admitted: 1889 Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest. With abundant forests and the Cascade Mountains, it is a beautiful state with national parks and nature to explore. Besides being a nature lover's paradise, the metropolitan area of Seattle is home to several of the world's largest American companies including Amazon, Microsoft and Starbucks. I have visited Washington twice and enjoy wandering around

Capital: Mexico City Largest City: Mexico City Population: 129.7 million Currency: Mexican Peso Language: Spanish 🇲🇽 At the age of twenty-three in June of 2016, I flew alone from the Toronto Pearson airport to Mexico City where I met a friend I knew from online. We spent two weeks traveling around Mexico. My family was terrified for me as most of what they heard in the news about Mexico were horror stories. Despite all the fears and stereotypes, the country most Americans