17: Movement within Sunrise

Movement is one of the five themes of geography. In Sunrise there is the movement of ideas, people, and goods.
The movement of ideas has been transported to and from Sunrise. One example is telephones. The telephone company for your house telephone in Sunrise is Bell South. Bell South is a main land telephone company. There are other providers such as Vonage and Verizon. These providers are for computer telephones. Telephones aren’t just your house phone; there are also cellular devices, also known as cell phones. The providers for cell phones are Cingular, Sprint, Verizon, Nextel, Metro PCS, etc. A second example for the movement of ideas is by newspapers. The main newspapers that are sold in Sunrise and talk about the different effects and changes happening in Sunrise are the Sun-Sentinel and the Miami Herald, but there are also numerous small intercity newspapers located in Sunrise. A third example is television. There are channels that explain local news and things happening around you such as CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. A fourth and final example is by letters. When people send letters to other people they usually talk about what’s going on with them of what is going on with things around them which helps spread ideas.
The movement of people from Sunrise or to Sunrise is done in many ways. One way is by airplanes. The airport closest to Sunrise is the North Perry Airport. This airport is a little airport though, and only little jets and tiny airplanes go to and from there, but the closest major airport is the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport. From this airport all kinds of sizes of airplanes leave from and come to this airport. Another way is by car. The name brands of cars are BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Audi, Volvo, Mitsubishi, etc. Finally there are many train stations and buses that take people on trips and to other places.
Then movement of goods is done by highways and rail systems that connect to seaports and international airports. By air, The Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International is one of the world’s top 100 airports for cargo. By sea, the closest seaport is called Port Everglades which is located in Fort Lauderdale. The connecting of interstates, highways, expressways, roads, railroads, air routes, and canals makes all of the transportation for goods possible. These are the movement of ideas, people, and goods are done within the city of Sunrise.