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Tag Archives: geography
Geography of Tractor Supply’s distribution network
The list below identifies the existing eight (8) distributions centers in Tractor Supply’s warehouse network. The oldest is located in Pendleton, Indiana (1999), northeast of Indianapolis on I-69, while the newest (2018) is in Upstate New York along I-90 in … Continue reading
Posted in business, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, planning, shipping, shopping, spatial design, Statistics, transportation, urban planning, zoning
Tagged distribution, distributions centers, geography, logistics, Tractor Supply, warehouses
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Can you name this city?
With our entertainment options being limited during this time of national/world crisis, I decided to temporarily revive a former satellite image guessing game once held here on panethos.wordpress.com – Can you name this city? For your consideration – an impressive … Continue reading
Urban Areas within Rift Valleys
Many are familiar with the Great Rift Valley of eastern Africa. But, it is certainly not the only rift valley on Earth. In fact, there are a number of rift valleys (also sometimes referred to as grabens) located on the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, cities, ecosystems, environment, Europe, geography, Geology, history, India, land use, Maps, nature, North America, Oceania, planning, rivers/watersheds, Science, South America, spatial design, topography, urban planning
Tagged earthquakes, erosion, geography, geology, grabens, Great Rift Valley, rift valleys, seismic, subsidence, volcanoes
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Largest “pur” suffix cities of India and beyond
Continuing with our tabulation of city suffixes, the following list identifies the world’s largest cities containing the suffix of “pur” along with two variations, “pura” and “pore.” Pur and pura are suffixes meaning “city” or “settlement”, used in several place … Continue reading
World’s largest “ham” suffix cities
For the third in our series of city suffixes, we are listing the world’s largest cities whose name contains the suffix of “ham.”According to Quora.com: The term “ham” is an Old English word meaning farmstead. The Pronunciation Studio goes a … Continue reading
“Bu-tte-ful” Town Names
Below is a list of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, and census-designated places in the United States and Canada that are named for one of my favorite geographic/geologic landforms – the butte (okay, quit snickering). The photo above aptly shows the … Continue reading
Posted in cities, fun, geography, Geology, place names, topography
Tagged Butte, geography, geology, landforms, mesa, plateau, terrain
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Geography of Target’s Smaller/Flexible Urban Store Format
While visiting Chicago earlier this month, one could hardly miss seeing the influx of major retailers into urban areas. Particularly noticeable was Target with its trending urban and collegiate smaller/flexible format stores popping up over much of the city and … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, bicycling, Biking, business, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, gentrification, geography, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, rail, revitalization, shopping, spatial design, Statistics, Trade, transit, transportation, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged cities, flexible store format, geography, land use, planning, redevelopment, Target, transit oriented development, urban economics, urban planning
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Playing “Boggle” With City Names Inside City Names
Taking a page from Peggy Hill’s championship playbook for the classic word game “Boggle,” the following list identifies those cities or towns whose name contains the names of other cities and towns. A minimum of three (3) other city or … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, Communications, fun, geography, Language, place names, placemaking, Statistics
Tagged Boggle, games, geography, King of the Hill, Peggy Hill, wordplay
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Largest Cities/Towns That Incorporate Other State Names
The following list of cities and towns containing the names of other states is presented in order by size of the city/town using 2016 population estimates, unless otherwise noted. While some of the websites that are listed at the end … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, civics, culture, fun, geography, history, Maps, place names, placemaking
Tagged cities, geography, maps, place names, towns
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Namesake Cities With The Most Compass Point Suburbs
The following list identifies those cities and towns in the United States and Canada that have at least two (2) suburbs that use the namesake city’s title along with a compass point direction. Not included are communities in New England … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, fun, geography, Maps, place names, placemaking
Tagged compass points, geography, maps, namesakes, place names
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