Western Europe since the 11th century, divided Christianity in Europe, and consequently the world, into Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. With certain simplifications, Western Europe is thus Catholic or Protestant and uses the Latin alphabet. Eastern Europe is Orthodox and uses the Greek alphabet or Cyrillic script. According to this definition, Western Europe is formed by countries with dominant Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, including countries which are considered part of Central Europe now: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Coleman Homes fierce competition with their rival, Kyle Carter Homes, who also built homes in Bakersfield. Tom Coleman's son, Tom Coleman, Jr. revived the company name in the Boise, Idaho market shortly after the sale of his father's Bakersfield operations in the mid-2000's. Coleman built a wide range of homes throughout the company's lifetime. They were known to build production homes as little as 1100 square feet to semi-custom homes that were as large as 3500 square feet. This diversity allowed Coleman to appeal to an extremely wide range of buyers which helped them achieve their status as Bakersfield's #1 home builder