1. AIM: Why do service centers exist?
Do Now:Describe the type of job you’re hoping to start after college.
Question#1: Is it a service?
Question #2: Would it be difficult to do well at the job you’ve described above if you lived in a small town?

2. ‘In human organization of space, the greatest physical contrast is that between rural and urban forms. In the most advanced countries, the vast majority of the population lives in dense concentrations over small portions of territory. Such concentrations began in a very early period, when towns arose to perform certain functions: (1) to exercise control, (2) to act as a center for the exchange of goods, and (3) to process materials. The first two constitute, in a broad sense, service of “central place” functions – those provided from a center for a surrounding territory or hinterland…’

3. Key Terms Tertiary or Service Sector Where? Why? And So What? Space
Settlement
Place
Region
Globalization
Connections
Local Diversity
Basic Industries
Non-Basic Industries

4. Quick Review 3 major types of services Consumer, Business, Public
The line can get fuzzy between the three
Hotels could be consumer or business.

5. Consumer Service Retail/Wholesale Education Health Services
Leisure and Hopitality

6. Business Service
Financial
Professional
Transportation

7. Public Service
Provide security and protection for citizens and businesses.
Government services (schools/sanitation/police)
1/6 of public sector employees work for federal government.

8. What is the difference between threshold and range?

9. Threshold
Minimum number of people needed in order to support a business.

10. Threshold Described
"On one corner, there was a Starbucks. And across the street from that Starbucks ... was a Starbucks. At first I thought the sun was playing tricks on my eyes. But no. There was a Starbucks across from a Starbucks. And that, my friends, is the end of the universe."--Lewis Black, comedian

12. Range Described
The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.

13. Rolls Royce has two dealerships in the entire state of New York.

14. How did services originate?
People have needs that oftentimes go beyond what they can provide for themselves.

15. Why are bars important?

16. Where did Frodo meet Aragorn?

17. The Prancing Pony…A Bar

18. The importance of Bars
With the possible exception of blacksmith shops, bars were the earliest commercial business establishments. They served as a place for
Drinks
Meeting places
Sleeping
Professionals (lawyers) conducted business in bars
Stopping points
Restaurants

19. What serve as our world’s modern Blacksmith Shop?

20. Full Service Gas Stations

21. What were the purposes of a general store?

22. General Stores Buy goods Take out loans Store money (banks)
Post Offices
Communication stations

23. What are the conditions necessary for the formation of a hamlet?
Hamlet - a community of people smaller than a village

24. According to Professor Schnell (PhD. Penn State)
All it took for a hamlet to form in Western Penn. Was: a place to stop along the road (preferably an intersection between two roads) having a gas station, a bar, and maybe a general store.

25. How do services make our lives easier?
Lewis Black - The End of the Universe - Video Clip | Comedy Centrals Jokes.com