Formal Region –
This picture shows the difference in abundance of farms between the years 1997 and 2002. It is interesting because it clearly shows that withing this time frame the number of farms has significantly decreased in higher concentration in the Midwest region of the United States. But I suppose there would be a greater number of change in that area because there is a greater number of farms to begin with so does that really accurately show where farms have greatly decreased?
Functional Region –
This map is used to divide the city into different region for the housing market. By creating these regions I image it would be easier to quickly locate different houses on the market and also maybe differentiate between prices or neighborhoods.
Vernacular Region –
This map gives a nice simple version of the Midwest according to this person or group of people. But I thought it was interesting that when I searched for maps of the Midwest there was a fair amount of variety in what people called the Midwest. It generally didn’t divide in the middle of the states, but on one map these groups of states would be included, yet on another maybe a state would be left out or another one was added in. So these general region of the Midwest is not as narrow as some of the previous examples.
Nice set of maps, and good comments. The Midwest map is rather interesting. Remember, there is no "correct" map of the Midwest, since it exists in the minds of people. Personally, my Midwest map would divide states into pieces. For example, eastern Nebraska is in the Midwest, but I would place western Nebraska in the West.
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