Okay, I was channelling my inner Titanic wannabe. The Texas REALTORS® Annual Conference began for me this afternoon. Fort Worth. Texas. Meetings this evening until 10, tomorrow my first is at 8:30. But, that really means that I get to sleep in a little bit later tomorrow morning, so that is not a terrible trade off. I drove in to Austin this morning to take s=care of some real estate stuff, then headed north to Fort Worth. All-in-all, it was a pleasant drive. The Waco-bits were a little bit challenging, but otherwise, it was good. On the way out of Austin, it rained like hell, but that was okay too. Eventually, there was a little bit of rain that fell on the Edge of Nowhere, but nothing really substantial according to Jody. It was a lovely day in Fort Worth, we have had three really good meetings so far, I have been able to meet-up with several colleagues, and it is going to be a great four more days of work...Hinterland -- Noun. 1. a region lying inland from a coast. 2a. a region remote from cities. b. a region lying beyond major metropolitan or cultural centers. The enormous Greenland Ice Sheet covers most of the hinterland of the world's largest island.
Did You Know? When you are dealing with geography, it helps to know your hinterland from your umland. In the late 19th century, geographer George Chisholm took note of the German word Hinterland (literally, "land in back of") and applied it specifically to the region just inland from a port or coastal settlement. (Chisholm spelled the word hinderland, but English speakers eventually settled on hinterland.) Early in the 20th century, another geographer adopted the German Umland ("land around") to refer to territory around an inland town. What hinterland and umland have in common is a reference to a region economically tied to a nearby city. But nowadays hinterland has a less technical use as well; it's used for land that's simply out in the sticks.
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