KJ Spain GEOG 2010

My map is the food preference of the states within the Dixie using the above map for reference. The colors on the map relate to the grouping of food that is preferred in those areas. We have gold representing sandwiches, yellow representing meat, gray representing seafood, light purple representing soup, dark purple representing pizza, blue representing BBQ, and orange representing fried. We can see that overall, in the Dixie sandwiches are the most preferred food with seafood and meat coming in second and third respectively.

Above is a map of the Dixie region. The Dixie is within the purple line with a few exceptions. These exceptions are close to tourist spots or streets with names including Dixie. All of the markers on the map represent a business with Dixie in their name. I do agree with most of what has been considered the Dixie area, but I also feel that some states are too different and should be classified as such. One such example would be Louisiana as it is quite obvious that its overall culture does not match that of other states within the Dixie. I also see no similarities between the Dixie states and any state above Kentucky.

Over time the younger Vietnamese generations lost the ability to speak fluently in their parent's language and have become more integrated into the American culture. There was a majority decline in the desire to be farmers and fisherman and an increase in the desire to pursue other works. Even so, there are those who still want for the original New Orleans Vietnamese work style and the community still thrives today. This is a map of census tracts for Orleans Parish, Plaquemines Parish, and St. Bernard Parish. This census data is used to help understand the change in Vietnamese population of these areas from before Katrina to after Katrina. The two markers indicate the areas with the highest concentration of Vietnamese population. The previous map was based around the area with the highest Vietnamese population in Versailles.

The gardens found in the Versailles neighborhood are located in backyards and on the levees. The two areas have the best conditions, outside of Vietnam, for the crops that the Vietnamese people prefer to grow. After hurricane Katrina in 2005 the gardens were decimated and google maps onwards from that time period show them getting covered by grass and weeds. The people who used to have these gardens either did not want to deal with destruction of gardens that could be caused by the hurricanes in the future or moved after Katrina.