not certain I understand the fuss about National Geographic cover so many international geographic topic and issue .  1 . hello ! the magazine be the journal of the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY . -lrb- you think Scientific American will not cover the Nobel Prize because it be award in Sweden ? -rrb- 2 . geography be about spatial analysis and scale . geographic issue can not be contain within a single formal regional border . -lrb- for example , can you really look at El Paso , TX , without investigate it be relationshiip to Ciudad Juarez right across the border ? -rrb- 3 . my family have be read this magazine for 50 year . it have always cover the entire world , as `` GEOGRAPHY '' mean ' a description of the world ' . 4 . what about newer feature such as zip code , which cover in detail one single micro-region of the US . 5 . to say that it should primarily cover the US be a surprisingly narrow , us-centric view of what really matter in the world . this be the point of view that explain the sad state of complete geographic knowledge in the US .  but enough of that . still the best magazine , not just for we Geography major , but for see how geography fit into the entire academic world . if you want to know how sense of space and place be related to physical and natural science , as well as politics , economics , anthropology and history , this be the best value for the money .