A Geographic Analysis of Coffee Shops and Gyms in the St. Cloud MN Metropolitan Area

For this assignment, I want you to analyze (explain) the spatial pattern of coffee shops and gyms in the St. Cloud Metro Region. How to organize your paper. 1) Introduce your reader to the concepts of threshold, range, and the idea of the types of goods and services where consumers tend to go to the nearest supplier/Shopping centers. 2) Using the various maps provided, describe and explain the spatial pattern of coffee shops in the St. Cloud Metro region using the concepts of threshold and range. Are there any unique factors that might explain any unusual aspects of the spatial distribution? You may include comments about your own behavior to either support the general pattern or to support any unique factors. Does knowing that a coffee shop is a stand-alone or “inside” make a difference in its location? 3) Using the various maps provided, describe and explain the spatial pattern of gyms in the St. Cloud MN Metro region using the concepts of threshold and range. Are there any unique factors that might explain any unusual aspects of the spatial distribution? You may include comments about your own behavior to either support the general pattern or to support any unique