Fridendly Cities

Arcadia，USA
        The City of Arcadia is a jewel among Southland communities encompassing approximately 11 square miles of land in the westerly end of the San Gabriel Valley at the base of the an Gabriel Mountains.  Located approximately 18 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, Arcadia is known as the "Community of Homes".  It is a picturesque, affluent, largely built out, and primarily residential community.  In addition to its residential sector, the Los Angeles County Arboretum, Santa Anita Fashion Park, Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia County Park, and the Santa Anita Golf Course annually attract a substantial number of visitors into Arcadia from other communities.   Arcadia is also home to several quality hotels, such as the Hilton, Marriott, Embassy Suites and Residence Inn.

        Arcadia lies within a "Sixty Mile Circle" centered on Los Angeles, a dynamic concentration of population, employment, business, industry and finance.  Two-thirds of the State's 100 largest corporations are headquartered within the circle.   Additionally, several federal and state highways, four rail lines, and three international airports, as well as the 210 Freeway passing through Arcadia, provide ready access to regional, national and international markets.

Broken hill，Australia
The City of Broken Hill is the largest regional centre in the western half of New South Wales. It lies in the centre of the sparsely settled New South Wales Outback, close to the South Australian border and midway between the Queensland and Victorian borders. The most recent estimates placed the population at 20,983.

The nearest large population centre is Milder in Victoria, three hundred kilometers distant to the south on the Murray River. The nearest large city is Adelaide, capital of South Australia, approximately 500 kilometers to the southwest. Because of its location Broken Hill has strong cultural and historical connections with South Australia and operates on Central Australian Time, one half hour behind Eastern Standard Time.

Broken Hill is world famous for its silver, lead and zinc mines that have been worked for over a century. Only one of the many mines is still operating, the Pasminco Broken Hill Mine. However, this mine is expected to cease operations around 2006. In expectation of this major change in its economy, Broken Hill has successfully developed a thriving tourism industry based on the attractions of the City and surrounding Outback areas.