A persons territory?

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Can you give me some examples of what the average person would consider too be there 'territory'?

their home

body

car maybe, really any piece of land they own

That could have many different meanings. In no particular order, here's some I can think of...

Real places...
- The country/county/town etc. which a person identifies as their home town, homeland or nation.
- An area of town where their community or family which they belong to lives.
- An area which a gang they belong to claims as its own.
- An area that they cover as part of their job (e.g. delivery driver).
- Land or property that they own or make their money from (e.g. farmer or landlord).
- The area where they know the streets well enough to never feel lost or out of place.
- The place that is their private home, even if it's not actually owned by them (i.e. rented or leased.)
- A particular room in their home where they can get privacy from the other people who live there.
- Inside their car, at their allotment, favourite fishing spot, etc...
- An area around their body far enough from other people so that they don't feel frightened or uncomfortably intimate.

Metaphorically...
- An area of knowledge or skill in which they think they are very accomplished (e.g. "Ah, a science question, just my territory.")
- The parts of their life and thoughts that they consider private rather than public.
- Other people who they feel they have the right to dominate (e.g boss -> workers, gang leader -> gang members.)

Someone's personal space is their territory. I have a larger territory than most North Americans, but most people don't realize that because North Americans love to get so close together.