by Elyse Menger | Mar 31, 2022 | Current Events, Maps
If you’ve been watching March Madness, then you may have noticed that there is something absolutely mad about the tournament. They section the tournament into four regions: West, East, South and Midwest. As geographers, we encourage this strategy. But how they come up...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 24, 2022 | Maps, Non-Resident Population
It’s that time of year, when everyone seems to get an itch to go to the beach, go skiing, or go see family just to get out of the house. Spring Break is back, and maybe bigger than ever. According to a survey by Vacasa, a travel website, 56% of Americans are planning...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 17, 2022 | City Series
Baltimore, Maryland, was settled in 1661 by European colonists. Once a major center for flour trade due to innovations in processing and development in the milling process, then the city that developed the first printing press and newspaper, the Baltimore of today is...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 17, 2022 | City Series
Boston has a long history, first settled in 1630 by Puritan colonists. The city quickly became the center of New England and the center of the American Revolution. Today, Boston is the 24th largest city in the U.S., home to 685,146 people. When you look at the larger...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 3, 2022 | Maps
As war wages in Ukraine, Europe, and likely countries outside of Europe, will face a refugee crisis. Already well over half a million people have fled Ukraine in search of safety. Here in the United States, our population that lists Ukrainian as their ancestry is...
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