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It is more challenging to define culture regions
in the US on the basis of language, food, religion, and architecture. |
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Many important culture regions are small and get
lost on our maps |
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The primate region for the US |
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Extends from New Hampshire to Virginia |
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50 million people – 1/5 of US population |
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Most of USA’s decisions are made here |
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Contains 15 MSA encompassing several Edge Cities |
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Skyscrapers |
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Apartment buildings |
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Subways, expressways |
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Malls & department stores |
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Symbols of power: World Trade Center, White
House, Pentagon, 5th Ave, Ivy League Universities |
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North of the Megalopolis |
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An area of summer retreat and recreation full of
vacation homes |
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Full of country side landscapes |
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Hudson River, Lake George, the Catskills, Lake
Placid (1980 winter Olympics, and the Adirondack Mountains are some of the
destination locations |
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Summer retreat for the Bush family |
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11 acre compound |
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Arrested in 1976 while there on a retreat with
the family |
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South of Megalopolis |
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Stretches from Norfolk, Virginia to East Texas |
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Known for good manners and politeness but has
high crime rates |
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A hybridization of British and African culture |
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Jazz, zydeco, blues, tap dancing, and story
telling are home grown cultural traits |
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Most rural with the exception of New Orleans |
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Believes in unchanging traditional values but is
rapidly changing |
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Tried to succeed from the US but is one of the
most patriotic places |
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The most Black & White place |
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The bible belt but many religious sects |
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Highest divorce rates: Tennessee, Arkansas,
Alabama and Oklahoma are the top states with high per-capita divorce rates. |
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The nationwide average was 4.2 divorces for
every 1,000 people in 1998 |
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8.5 per 1,000 in Nevada, but 6.4 in Tennessee,
6.1 in Arkansas, 6.0 in Alabama and Oklahoma. |
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Low household incomes and couples marrying at a
younger age are seen as causes for the high divorce rates. |
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Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York have the
lowest rates (less than 3 per 1000 each). |
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Just north of the deep south |
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Originally bypassed as settlers moved west |
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Stretching from Pennsylvania to the Ozarks in
Arkansas in the Appalachians |
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Region was highly isolated until road building
increased in the 1930 |
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Some of the most musicians are from the region |
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Country, bluegrass, the blues rock&roll and
R&B music were created here |
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Tourism has increased |
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The “backward” notion of this region is fading |
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The newest culture region in the US |
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Artificial? A created a planned place |
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Most of the region caters to tourism and
retirement |
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Railroads connected South Florida to the rest of
the US |
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Is highly populated by Hispanics with economic
and political power |
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A normal and average region of the south and
east |
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Mixture of immigrants from Europe and within the
US |
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Heart of industrial technologies, known as the
rustbelt |
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Cars, coal, mining, steel, |
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beer,
etc |
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-Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. MO |
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-Schlitz Malt Liquor |
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-Miller Brewing Co, |
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From Phoenix to Houston |
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Cities existed before Europeans came |
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Lots of Indian and Spanish influences |
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Juarez is a major route into the USA from Mexico |
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Border with Mexico has Spanish influences on
both sides |
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Film, music and media industry |
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Gambling in Vegas |
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Characterized as a Megalopolis 2 |
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Weather |
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Which state overlaps in the most culture
regions? |
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Notes