15 September 2005

Quadrants

So, as I was sitting in Civil Rights and Liberties today, Professor Ivers brought up an interesting point. When you ask someone where they're from, they often mention a geographic quadrant of a state. He used Pennsylvania as an example, but since I'm from Florida, my thoughts turned to my state. Beyond all the stuff it's known for, Mickey, oranges, depressing election problems, I was thinking about how I define where I'm from. First, Florida. Then perhaps Central Florida, then perhaps "near Orlando" then, 45 minutes northeast from Disney World (more if there's traffic). Then, maybe, dear old Oviedo, the actual town name. So, I got to thinking and determined Florida, beyond having just the quadrants, Panhandle, North, Central, and South, also uses the coasts, so you've still got the Panhandle, or West or East Coast. So, I'm on the East Coast side of Orlando in Central Florida. At any rate, just a thought.

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