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Friday, August 25, 2006

5 Themes of Geography: Regions

Vernacular regions are based upon people's perceptions of the world around them. Remember my story of my college friend who didn't know what "The Midwest" was? Even though she and I both lived in Indiana, we had differing opinions about the region in which we lived. I grew up thinking I was born in the Midwest, while she grew up thinking she grew up in "The Region" or "Chicagoland". What about your perceptions of the city around you? Let's think about the city of Kokomo. Do we have regions within our city? What might these regions be? What are the distinguishing characteristics which set these regions apart?

posted by Mrs. Landrum @ 10:31 AM  

3 Comments:

  • At 6:19 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I have also always thought of the city of Kokomo and the state of Indiana as being part of the midwest. We have regions in kokomo. Like our neighborhoods are regions. They break up the city into catagories. Most neighborhoods have the same style of housing. For example, some neighborhoods have ranch housing and some have apartments or canapy houses. Also our neighborhoods are in different parts of the city. Some are in the north west while others are in the south.

    Riley Vyain

     

  • At 9:50 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I know Kokomo, Indiana is part of the Midwest. But I always wondered how is it that we are classified as being in the Midwest region when in reality we are not geographically situated in the Midwest of the US!
    We do have regions within our city. For example, there are different leagues in baseball like Southside, Eastside, Westside, UCT etc. I think the distinguishing characteristics which set Kokomo apart are population, location (north, east, south, west) and the school systems.

     

  • At 6:38 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I agree completely with Thomas. Reigons are wierd. They make no sense. Well, regions aren't too boring, but what are we thinking trying to divide the earth? It's impossible. Sure we can say the border is here or there, but in reality there is no border, it's just land and water.

    Riley Vyain

     

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