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Regionalizing the U.S. and Canada

Regionalizing the U.S. and Canada. Regions are mental constructs. The problem with borders is that variables are not usually co-terminus.

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Regionalizing the U.S. and Canada

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  1. Regionalizing the U.S. and Canada

  2. Regions are mental constructs

  3. The problem with borders is that variables are not usually co-terminus

  4. 20. the second vowel in "pajamas"      a. [ ] as in "jam" (45.92%)     b. [ ] as in "father" (51.86%)     c. other (2.23%)     (11277 respondents)

  5. 106. What do you call the act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper?     a. tp'ing (57.03%)     b. rolling (6.05%)     c. toilet papering (21.51%)     d. wrapping (2.29%)     e. papering (3.67%)     f. bog rolling (0.04%)     g. I have no word for this (8.28%)     h. other (1.13%)     (8260 respondents) http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect

  6. 2004 Target States WPI 2004 (Dolan and Smith)

  7. 2004 Winner Bush Kerry

  8. Regions and Scale • The scale of data gathering and display has a great impact on regions and how we think about places • The size of your net determines the size of the fish you will catch

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