It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

If it isn't already evident, I have a soft spot for maps. I have boxes of old National Geographic maps and can spend hours pouring over an atlas.

Here's an interesting attempt to make sense of the different regions and areas in the U.S. For a detailed break-down of these regions, see here.


U.S. regions 

Of course any attempt to depict the diversity of a country such as the U.S. in such stark terms will mask as much as it reveals. But I find this conceptualization a little closer to the mark than "red states vs. blue states."