Third Coast

Third Coast is an American colloquialism used to describe coastal regions distinct from the East Coast and the West Coast of the United States. Generally, the term "Third Coast" refers to either the Great Lakes region[1] or the Gulf Coast of the United States.[2]

For the audio documentary festival based in Chicago, see Third Coast International Audio Festival.

Considering its Great Lakes coasts, Michigan has more miles of shoreline than does any other of the lower 48 states and more fresh water shoreline than any other state.[3] When considering the sheer size of the Gulf of Mexico bordering the southern United States, the combined Great Lakes' square mileage of 94,250 is dwarfed by the Gulf's size of 600,000 square miles.

Many regional businesses incorporate the term "Third Coast" in their names and products, such as Michigan's Third Coast Kite and Hobby, which has an image of the coastal dunes in its logo,[4] and Texas-based Third Coast Coffee. Rap and hip hop music acts from Houston, and other Gulf Coast cities in the southern United States, are often referred to as emerging from the Third Coast.[5]

Fresh Coast

The term "Fresh Coast" was popularized by Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett and is most often used to spur commerce, in contrast to the colloquialism "Rust Belt", first mentioned at a visit in Maple Dale Middle School.[6] Regional media outlets have adopted the phrase in an effort to re-brand Great Lakes development. The term connotes both the area's large resource of fresh water and its educational resources (e.g., Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, Indiana University, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Marquette University, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, Niagara University, The Ohio State University, Purdue University, University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Toledo, Western Michigan University and University of Wisconsin).

See also

References
  1. "NOAA Great Lakes Region". NOAA. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  2. "The Rise Of The Third Coast: The Gulf Region's Ascendancy In U.S." Forbes. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. "SOM - Does Michigan have the longest coast line in the United States?". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. "Elberta Solstice Festival 2012". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. Roni Sarig "Third Coast: OutKast, Timbaland, & How Hip-Hop Became A Southern Thing."
  6. "Milwaukee on the "fresh coast," not "rust belt," says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in D.C. speech". Retrieved 8 October 2016.

Further reading
  • McClelland, Ted. The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the Great Lakes. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, February 1, 2008. ISBN 978-1556527210
  • Dyja, Thomas. The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream. New York: Penguin, 2013.
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