Human Geo 9/26 - Situation Notes
- Situation is a valuable way to indicate location for two reasons:
- Situation helps us to find an unfamiliar place by comparing it's location with a familiar one.
- Situation helps us understand the importance of a location. For example, some places are important because they are accessible to other places due to their location.
Today in class we discussed why Chicago became so populous and why America would rather buy things from China and not produce them here. Chicago became popular because European sellers would come through the great lakes, entering through the St. Lawrence. They could get to Chicago and barely have to land travel to sell their stuff. A lot of people would stop at places on the east coast where it was easy to get to and sell, but the items they sell are already being sold by a bunch of other people. The United States buys their stuff from China because the costs are cheaper there. There is a ton of factory workers that get paid terribly. About 300$ a month. This means the company doesn't have to pay a ton for the workers and they don't cover medical insurance. They sell the stuff to us cheaper and we sell it for more. Living in China sounds like it sucks.
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