The trends have been in evidence for many years -- population shifts to the Southwest and Far West, and from city to suburbs.

conversion of the cleared land in the southern part of the city into the Southwest Corridor linear park and a new right of way for the Orange Line subway and Amtrak.

Temperatures are relatively cool compared to much of Southwest Asia, mainly due to the high altitude of the city.

BWI is a focus city for Southwest Airlines

Colleges and universities located in the city include the University of Memphis, Rhodes College, Memphis College of Art, LeMoyne – Owen College, Christian Brothers University, Baptist College of Health Sciences, Memphis Theological Seminary, Harding School of Theology, Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide ( Memphis Campus ), Reformed Theological Seminary ( satellite campus ), William R. Moore College of Technology, Southern College of Optometry, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis, Visible Music College, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Valparaíso (, ) is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation ( Greater Valparaíso ), is located 69. 5 miles northwest of Santiago and one of the country's most important seaports ; it is an increasingly important cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere.

* The Orange Line of the Chicago Transit Authority connects the Loop in downtown Chicago with the Southwest Side of the city, terminating at Midway Airport.

Originally slated to occupy the vast majority of the gates in Terminal 4, the airline had to reduce its commitment to the city of Phoenix to just 28 gates, with the growing Southwest Airlines agreeing to lease the remainder of Terminal 4.

The city is bordered by Escondido to the east, Encinitas to the Southwest, Carlsbad to the west, and Vista to the northwest.

Due to the presence of the Camp Pendleton U. S. Marine Corps Base in the neighboring city of Oceanside, Vista has one of the largest mainland U. S. communities of Pacific Islanders primarily Micronesian peoples ( i. e. Guam and Northern Mariana Islands ) and Samoan Americans ; and even 2. 5 percent of Vista's population are American Indians mostly originated from the Southwest and Western interior.

Marco Island is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States, located on an island by the same name in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Southwest Florida.

It is the third largest city in Southwest Georgia, behind Thomasville and Albany.

The city is the second largest in Southwest Georgia after Albany.

Housing is as diverse with ranges from the $ 100K's in the inner city to the $ 1M + on the Southwest side.

Other major employers in the city are US Bancorp, Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center, Hy-Vee, Shopko, Runnings Farm and Fleet, Menards, Wal-Mart Supercenter, Southwest Minnesota State University, Turkey Valley Farms, and Marshall Public Schools.

For a relatively small city, Currie is widely known as one of the culinary destinations of Southwest Minnesota.

Southwest City is a city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States.

The Battle of Wyse Fork aka ' Battle of Southwest Creek ' ( March 7 – 10, 1865 ) also occurred very near the city.

The city is the nexus of several State Routes and U. S. Routes that traverse Southwest Ohio, including routes 73, 68, 134, 22 & 3, and 730 List of U. S. Routes in Ohio List of State Routes in Ohio.

Houston Southwest Airport, a general aviation airport, is in the Arcola city limits.

Chinatown: Government Housing Project in the Southwest part of the city and why it is named of such.

Taft Southwest is a neighborhood of the city of Taft, Texas, United States.

* 2007 Southwest Cup ( was a host city )

The city is a secondary hub of the Four Seasons Country area of Southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia.

Originally the community was called ' Horse Creek ', which was an improvement from the nearby ' Dead Horse Creek ' ( where a dead horse was found in the creek Southwest of town ), but the petition for a Post Office sent to the postmaster in Springfield, Illinois, was denied under that name.

MtDNA Haplogroup D is found frequently throughout East Asia and Central Asia, and is also common in some populations of North Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Americas ; in addition, it has been found with low frequency in some populations of Europe and Southwest Asia.

A recent report ( 2006 ) by the NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California, indicates that the increased rat presence on Clipperton Island has led to a decline in both crab and bird populations, causing a corresponding increase in both vegetation and coconut palms on the island.

Jordan is situated geographically in Southwest Asia, south of Syria, west of Iraq northwest of Saudi Arabia and east of Israel and the West Bank ; politically, the area has also been referred to in the West as the Middle or Near East.

Latin rap ( as well as its subgenre of Chicano rap ) has thrived along the West Coast, Southwest and Midwestern states with little promotion due to the large Latino populations of those regions.

The rainfall pattern has changed in Perth and Southwest Western Australia since the mid-1970s.

During the 1850s, American miners and settlers began moving into Chiricahua territory, beginning encroachment that has been renewed in the migration to the Southwest of the previous two decades.

The term " shallot " is further used for the French gray shallot or griselle ( Allium oschaninii ), a species which has been considered to be the " true shallot " by many ; it grows wild from Central to Southwest Asia.

The State of Finland has announced plans to support Espoo with 30 % of full expenses on a new metro rail, the Regional Council of Southwest Finland is going to use this as a test case for a new light rail network in Turku.

The airport has aligned itself as the Air Cargo Hub of the Rio Grande Valley and works closely with carriers such as UPS, DHL, FedEx, BAX Global, Continental Express Cargo, and Southwest Airlines Cargo.

" The growth of low-cost carriers such as Southwest Airlines has brought more point-to-point service back into the United States air transport system, and contributed to the development of a wider range of aircraft types that are better adaptable to markets of varying sizes.

A major decline in manufacturing in northern cities, with a shift of jobs to suburbs, the South and overseas, has led shifts in numbers of residents of all races increasing in suburbs, plus major shifts in population from the North to the Southwest, Pacific Northwest, and South.

Television coverage occurs primarily on Fox Sports Southwest ( FSN ), with KTXA ( Channel 21 ) broadcasting games when FSSW has a conflict.

TCU had been a member of the Southwest Conference, one of the original constituent conferences that were incorporated into what became the Big 12 and has long and historical rivalries with several Big 12 schools, the most notable of which is with Baylor, a rivalry dating back to 1899 — making it one of the longest ongoing series in the nation.

The MIAA is considered one of the top conferences in NCAA Division II, and has seen three member schools move up to NCAA Division I. Southwest Missouri State University ( now called Missouri State University ) made the jump in 1981, Southeast Missouri State University moved up in 1991, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha joined The Summit League in 2012.

Gang-related activity and violence has increased along the U. S. Southwest border region, as US-based gangs act as enforcers for Mexican drug cartels.

* Ake Site-A prehistoric archaeological location near the town of Datil in the San Augustine Basin, it has been dated during the Clovis period between 10999 BC 8000 BC, and during the Folsom period between 7999BC and 5999 BC, making it among the oldest inhabited sites in the American Southwest.

Like all of Southwest Alaska, Sand Point has a subpolar oceanic climate ( Köppen Cfc ), though compared to most parts of the region it is a little less rainy and has fewer wet days-145 as against over 220 throughout the Aleutian Islands and in most of Southeast Alaska.

The Kayenta Fourth of July Rodeo has been recognized 6 times as the Rodeo of the Year and twice as the Outstanding Rodeo by the All Indian Rodeo Cowboys Association, making it one of the premier rodeos to attend here in the Southwest.

Each stage of its life has contributed greatly to the growth and development of the Southwest.

Zanesville has a police department serviced by a part-time marshall, and fire service is provided by Southwest Allen County Fire District.

Since 2006, Weko Beach has been the host site of the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Festival which showcases the wines from 11 local wineries in Southwest Michigan.

The area of Currie / Lake Shetek has a combined population of almost 1, 000 residents during the summer months, making it one of the most popular vacation destinations in Southwest Minnesota.