It is strange to have spent seven years in college and then to suddenly find myself wondering what to do with myself while I wait to begin graduate school. And so here I am blogging, if for no other reason than to avoid forgetting everything I learned in college by writing about it for others to enjoy.
I used to tell people I was a geography student. Now I have graduated and I guess that means I am a real geographer. Most people hear that I am studying geography and ask me questions like, "What's the capital of Uzbekistan?" (Tashkent, but that's because I keep a large world map on the wall next to my computer. I couldn't have said that at a bus stop.) But really, geography is so much more than knowing where places are and the countries and capitals. Geographers like to know things like why the city is where it is, how it effects a community to live at sea level(especially nowadays), why scrap metal is shipped overseas only to be returned to a port as recycled metal, and so on. Basically, geography is the study of places, people, interactions.....well, the whole world. That's why I love it.
I live in a city halfway between mountains and the ocean, and I spend a lot of time walking in that city. I am currently looking at the suburban area known as the urban-rural fringe, which is pretty self explanatory. These are just a few things I will be posting on. Hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I do.
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You are blogging. That is so great! At first I didn't know it was you and I came from my feed wondering what this search engine was. I already like it!
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