Definitions by New English

urban blight 

2. The detoriation of a neighborhood, usually close to a major city. This can also happen to a downtown. Areas with urban blight often have high crime rates and unoccupied businesses and housing, often boarded up

Much of the South Side of Chicago shows urban blight.

urban blight by New English December 20, 2008

Ghost Box 

An empty big box store.

Wal-Mart often leaves ghost boxes behind when they build Supercenters in favor of the smaller stores.

Ghost Box by New English December 20, 2008

Wal-Marting

2. Shopping at Wal-Mart

I need to go Wal-Marting and get some things.

Wal-Marting by New English December 20, 2008

Wal-Marting

3. The taking over of other businesses when a Wal-Mart moves in; the general idea of Wal-Mart and other big box stores taking over, especially with cheaply made products

There is much concern over the Wal-Marting of our society.

Wal-Marting by New English December 20, 2008

Western Montana 

The area of Montana located west of the Continental Divde. Missoula is the primary city. This is characterized by being mountainous, while the majority of Eastern Montana lies in the Great Plains.

Western Montana is very pretty but prohibitively expensive to live in.

Western Montana by New English December 20, 2008

Eastern Montana 

This is the area that is east of the divide, but this does not include Southwest Montana. Helena, the capital is in this region but the people are a hybrid between Southwest, Eastern, and Western Montana. People in Eastern. The futher east you go, the more like North Dakota it becomes, both in terms of terrain and people there being reminiscent of many Midwesterners. This area also include the Hi-Line, which forms most of the state's border with Canada.

Eastern Montana has a very small population.

Eastern Montana by New English December 20, 2008

Southwest Montana

The region in Montana that starts in Columbus and stretches west to Butte. It goes north into Townsend and south near the Idaho and Wyoming borders and Yellowstone National Park. The people here are like a hybrid between Eastern and Western Montana, and Butte is included even though it is west of the divde. Bozeman is located here, but due to its uniqueness is in a class by itself as is Helena, which is a mixture of the three regions.

Southwest Montana is often not thought of as a region, but due to it being a mix of Western and Eastern Montana, it deserves its own classification.

Southwest Montana by New English December 20, 2008