Eastern Rite and Western Rite churches are not limited by geography. The naming is a convention that indicates where they historically started.

You can find Eastern and Western Rite churches all over the US.

There are Byzantine (Eastern) church in Fort Wayne as well as many western rite.

The religions images honored by Eastern Rite Catholics are called icons.

Eastern rite and Latin rite Catholics both belong to the same Church under the leadership of the pope and share the same Gospel values.

A matter of minutes if you are confirmed as a roman Catholic. Eastern rite does confirmation either at birth, or after your first communion. I do not know when you receive communion in the eastern rite though.

The Melkites, or Byzantine rite Catholics of Middle Eastern origin, are the descendants of the early Christians of Antioch (Syria).