Aloha!

Hawaii is known for it's beautiful scenery, fancy resorts, and overall, tranquil environment. In 2003, over 6.4 million tourists visited the islands of Hawaii, and in 2007, numbers increased to 7 million visitors. Every year, billions of dollars are spent on the tourism of Hawaii. Larger aircraft and economic growth has allowed for such a large increase in tourism over the years. The majority of tourists visiting Hawaii are from the United States, particularly the west coast. The next place in which many tourists are from, would be Asia, specifically Japan. 

The city of Boston hosts over 12 million visitors from all parts of the world annually.  Boston is known for it's culture, architect, world-class educational institutions, sport franchises, and much more. 

Historic Old State House in Boston

California

Within California lies Los Angeles. Los Angeles is the second largest city in America. It is home to motion pictures, entertainment and media. People from all over the world travel to Los Angeles with the hopes of making their dreams become reality. Those who seek to be movie stars, directors, or even famous singers all come together in LA.  Boston is not known for it's entertainment such as LA, but it does have the largest broadcasting market in New England. It's radio market is the eleventh largest in the United States. Boston is also the home to the major network PBS. 

Below is a short film produced by Jared Leto, which I feel captures the curiosity and love of those who both traveled to or were raised in Los Angeles. 

Pacific Northwest

Vancouver port 

Canada's largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver is home to the largest port in Canada, which ships crops and lumber. British Columbia is where 54% of Canada's timber is produced.  

In Boston, the Port of Boston is the major seaport located in the Boston Harbor. This port was originally located in the area now known as Downtown Boston, but is now adjacent to the city. This port was originally used as a trading post for Native Americans in the region. In the year 1630, after John Winthrop established the city of Boston, the port served the expanding American colonies. 

Below is a video showing the Boston seaport.

The Rocky Mountains and the Intermontane

The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in North America, stretching more than 3,000 miles. The Rocky Mountains contain the highest peaks in North America, reaching as high as 14, 440 ft above sea level. 

Although there are several mountains in Massachusetts, there are no mountains in Boston. The city of Boston is officially 19 ft above sea level, where they Logan International Airport is established. The highest point in Boston is at Bellevue Hill, 330 feet above sea level. 

The Great Plains

The agriculture in The Great Plains is dominated by wheat. Winter wheat is planted in the fall so that it can be ready by the winter. It is grown from northern Texas to southern Nebraska.  Spring wheat is grown from central South Dakota to south-central prairie provinces of Canada. It is planted in early spring and harvested between late summer and early fall.

In Boston, urban agriculture is improving it's access to locally produced fresh food, by implementing urban activities. One activity is urban farming, where locally produced fresh food has lower carbon and transportation costs, so it is very beneficial. Some other urban activities include community gardens (which there are over 200 of in Boston), school gardens (which are in over 100 public schools in Boston), and public access fishing (over 20 locations in Boston have cleaned the water to make it possible for people to fish in local ponds).

Students planting seeds in their school garden

Child fishing in a Boston pond

The Midwest

In the Midwest, the Great Lakes are responsible for sourcing water to the population. In Boston, the city's drinking water comes from two source reservoirs in central and western Massachusetts. They are known as the Quabbin and Wachusetts Reservoirs.  

The Quabbin Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts and was built between 1930 and 1939. 

The Wachusetts Reservoir is the second largest body of water in Massachusetts.

The water system in Boston includes these two reservoirs, surface aqueducts, covered storage tanks and deep rock tunnels. This system is known as the Metropolitan Boston Water System. 

The Ozarks -Drug Use-

In the Ozarks,  Methamphetamine is the primary drug of choice, which is being manufactured within small labs in various locations. In Boston, there has been a 50% rise in overdoes deaths between 1999 and 2004.  The majority of these overdose victims are white, followed by blacks, then hispanics. In 2003, there were 145 overdoes deaths. 94 of the victims were white, 32 were black, and 19 were hispanic.  The drug of choice for all of these overdose victims was Heroin. Researchers say that white drug users are more likely to prefer Heroin, while hispanics and blacks prefer crack or cocaine, which concludes to the apparent rise in popularity of Heroin.