#10 The Coastal South

The Coastal South is the land along the coast of the golf of mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive to the places like Florida just like San Diego.  Although San Diego is not part of the Coastal South, they do have similarities.  Tourism has contributed to the Coastal South's economy. Places like Walt Disney World in Orlando or the American Airlines Area, home of the Miami Heat attract tourist that are visiting.  San Diego tourism sites as stated before places like the San Diego Zoo attract tourist.

#9 The Inland South

The Inland South incudes Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, parts of Missouri, Louisiana and Texas. It is common for this region to experience flash floods.  In San Diego, flash floods are not common.  In this region, events like the Civil War took place.  This was the area were slavery was legal, this was also where many civl right movements occurred. During the 1960's-1970's, NASCAR mostly took place in the Inland South.  This is where it gained its popularity.

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#8 The Great Lakes and Corn Belt

The Great Lakes and Corn Belt is known to be the Agricultural Core. The Agricultural Core is the area of cultural intensity, of rural and small town. (ppt slide 2). There are eight states that are located with this region. They are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri.
"Late 19th Century the Great Lakes and Corn Belt becomes the leading heavy-industry region in the U.S." (158).  This region had family farms, they are farms run by an individual family.  San Diego benefits through this be receiving the products mad by this region.  

#7 Megalopolis

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Megalopolis covers from Maine down to Delaware and a part of Virginia.  San Diego also does not fall under this region.  In the textbook, "Megalopolis is occasionally threatened by hurricanes that sweep northward along the atlantic coast." (131).  Megalopolis gets heavy snow and blizzards during the winter. San Diego does not see these conditions during the winter.  Megalopolis has multiple big cities in the region, while San Diego is only one big city by itself.

#5 The Atlantic Periphery 

The Atlantic Periphery does not apply to San Diego. San Diego is on the opposite side, which is the West Coast. The region the Atlantic Periphery is under, summer are normally cool to mild and in the winter it's cold and snows.  It is rare to see snow in San Diego throughout the year. San Diego does get precipitation, that is one similarity it has to the Atlantic Periphery. "The culture of the Atlantic Periphery has been influenced by it's settlement patterns and it's physical environment." (101) San Diego has influence from the physical environment and the settlor's from the past. Just like the Atlantic Periphery, tourism is popular during the summer for San Diego.  Tourist can head out to the beach or visit the famous Sea World.

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#4 North American Political Economy

There are different economic sectors that different cities in the United States can fall under.  San Diego can belong to the Quaternary & Tertiary sector. It falls under the Quaternary sector due to having the Marine corps and Navy around. San Diego also is Tertiary due the tourism.  Tourist come to San Diego to visit such places as Legoland and the San Diego Zoo. In 2010 San Diego was still part of the ten largest city in the United States. 

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#3 Historic Settlement

 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claimed the area that is now known as San Diego, California in 1541. San Diego became a part of of Mexico in 1821. In 1850 San Diego was apart of the United States after the Mexican American War. There was recorded human activity evidence as far back as 25,000 years ago. The Chumash group settled along the coast during that time in history. The Spanish were the first settlers from Europe to arrive in this part of the United States.  This city got its name in 1602, which was named after San Diego bay.  

#2 Environmental Setting

San Diego lies on the Pacific Plate. It is also part of the San Andreas fault, which this fault begins from the Salton Sea all the way to San Francisco. Earthquakes are common on this area of the United States. It is part of the complexsoil region when it comes to growing crops. San Diego has Mediterranean climate. San Diego mostly precipitation and has dry summers. The bioregion it is a part of is the Californian region.

#1 Introduction:          

San Diego home to 1.38 million residents, is the eighth largest city in the United States. It is part of California, the largest U.S. state by population. San Diego is the second largest city in this state, it is also part of Southern California. This city is 120 miles south of Los Angeles and just twenty miles north of Mexico.  According to the textbook, Joel Garreau has San Diego falling in the MexAmerica region.      

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