Chapter 14 (The Great Plains And Canadian Prairie)

Chapter 14 talks a lot about The Great Plains and there is a section that is about urban life. The Great Plains is not known for its urban centers but for its dispersed farms and ranchers. There are a lot of small towns that serves the local farming population. This chapter does not really relate to my city Philadelphia because both places are very different. Philadelphia is not a small town, it does have urban life. There are no farms in Philadelphia. The economic, social, and political viability of The Great Plains towns are waning. Most of the middle class has left to live in urban areas.While The Great Plains population is decreasing, large cities like Philadelphia population is increasing.

                                                              Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the second largest city in the East Coast. It is the largest city of the common wealth on Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is the economic and cultural center of the Delaware River, home to over 6 million people and the countries sixth largest metropolitan area. By no means is Philadelphia known for being a small town like The Great Plains. Below is two photos showing how different the homes are in both places. In Philadelphia, the homes are big and they are town homes. There are some homes that are not together but they are still big. In the photo of The Great Plains home, it is very small and the only home on the farm. The book explains how The Great Plains towns are every fifteen miles. I can not imagine living at a place where I wont see another family until fifteen miles. You don't have to worry about that in Philadelphia because there is a big population living there. There's always a lot of people around you when you live in a big city. 

Philadelphia Homes

 

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The Great Plains Homes

There are pros and cons to living in a small town then living in a big city. People living in the The Great Plains I suppose have more privacy because not that many people are around. They get to produce their own food on their farms. Living in a city, everyone tends to know about everything a person does. You don't get too much privacy because there's so many people around everywhere you go. People living in large cities don't understand how hard it is to maintain a farm because all they have to do is go to the closest grocery store and buy all the food they need.


Source:

Mayda, Chris. A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada: Toward a Sustainable Future. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. Print.

www.google.com (Google images)