Today in class, we talked about situation. Situation is a valuable way to indicate location for two reasons:
1. Situation helps us to find an unfamiliar place by comparing its location with a familiar one.
2. Situation helps us understand the importance of a location.
For example, some places are important because they are accessible to other places due to their location. We also talked about the difference between China's manufacturing compared to the U.S. Why do we get goods and materials from other countries? Because it's cheaper. The factory workers there don't get paid much. They get an average of $300 a month whereas the United States factory workers get about $1,200 a month. Also, the U.S pays for insurance and covers the workers' medicine bills. China doesn't do that which allows them to sell them for less. If you get sick in China, you have about 2-3 days to recover or else you're fired. Finally, the last thing that we discussed in class is why Chicago increased in population. The city is located right near the Great Lakes, a tourist attraction. So, when tourists started coming from Europe, they moved to the city of Chicago.
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