The Nine Nations of North America (Joel Garreau) An overview of the different cultural areas in the United States and Canada Nine cultural and economic regions of North America ? The Breadbasket ? Dixie ? Ecotopia ? The Empty Quarter ? The Foundry ? The Islands ? Mex America ? New England ? Quebec The Breadbasket ? Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma and northern Texas as well as southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada ? This region feeds the nation. Low and declining population and the loss of small towns. Dixie ? southern and southeastern . states, including most of eastern Texas and Florida to the city of Fort Meyers ? Formerly poor and culturally backward, but change and development describe the New South turning cheap labor into a selling point for companies trying to stay in America. The rise of Atlanta as a major city is a part of this effort. Ecotopia ? the Pacific Northwest coast stretching from Alaska in the north to just south of San Francisco. ? residents prize the natural environment and specialize in environmentally friendly high- technology industries like software. The Empty Quarter ? most of Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and Denver, Colorado as well as the eastern portions of Oregon, California, Washington, and all of Alberta, British Columbia and Northern Canada. ? organized around extraction of natural resources such as the oil and timber The Foundry ? the declining industrial areas of the northeastern United States stretching from New York City to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and including Chicago as well as southern Ontario ? The manufacturing belt of Canada and the United States. Cities in trouble and declining industries. This area is heavily populated and increasingly impoverished. The Islands ? the Caribbean islands, parts of Venezuela and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale portion of southern Florida ? Focus on Miami as a shopping and cultural hub. Large Cuban population. Center of the illegal drug business.
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