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That (AWESOME) house above isn't technically in College Hill--it's more-or-less downtown, just below RISD, on the way up to College Hill. It's right above the river, isn't it?
Still, you can definitely see the beginnings of a big hill there! Any pics of Prospect Park?
It is close to the river (Thomas St. just east of North Main St., next to the First Baptist Church) so not exactly on the top of the hill, but this technically is part of the College Hill neighborhood. It's just east of the border.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of Prospect Park!
This thread seems to be about misperception. Omaha Nebraska (wuh, where?), for example, is in the Plains, but the city sprawls out over a pretty hilly area next to the Missouri river, especially the downtown area and the I-80 corridor. Some of the buildings throughout the city (half of Omaha's biggest/tallest buildings aren't even in DT) look taller than they actually are and others look shorter. I'm too lazy to find the pics, though...
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I was waiting for your reply. I put "flat" in quotations for a reason.
NYC isn't exactly flat, there are even inclines in Manhattan. I've seen hills in Staten Island...and I've seen some photos of that in Bronx. Vienna and Rome aren't flat either, but compared to the U.S. West Coast the OP was referring to,...they are all flat. RE: Hong Kong, Los Angeles and San Francisco....I said nearly all well regarded cities are flat - not all.
Honestly, I wouldn't want Manhattan to be hilly. It used to be very hilly, but thankfully most of it was shaved off. Walking up hills would kill the urban experience and is nothing more than a nuisance. If you want very hilly terrain, drive 30 miles upstate and enjoy it. Ditto with Paris and London.
Sydney isn't really that flat. The harbourside is bordered by low but steep hills, and you've got the Blue Mountains not far from the city which are pretty scenic. Just north of the city you've got some coastal hills too.
I like the way some Midwest and East Coast cities have a nice combination of flat and hilly terrain. Cities like Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Boston, and Baltimore are perfect in this sense. The areas that receive a lot of foot traffic are mostly flat which makes it easy and convenient to walk around, but there are still hills in the area that offer nice views and can give you that feeling of being above your surroundings. I remember when I lived in San Francisco, as much as I loved the hills, it could definitely get annoying to walk up and down sometimes.
I'm totally cool with coastal cities on either coast (Pittsburgh is probably the western limit of east coast)
The northeast coast tends to be more very green and lush wth vegetation. The southwest just has more interesting terrain.
I'm not to thrilled about this part of the midwest (Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana) Bland and boring. Slightly rolling hills. Ugly vegetation. Even the Ozarks are not real mountains.
East Coast cities have rolling hills often and small elevation changes. They are not flat. What West Coast cities have is rapid and sudden changes in elevation that happen in a very short distance. Entirely in the city of Los Angeles you go from sea level to 5,300 feet (the largest elevation change of a big city in the country). The highest point on the WHOLE East Coast is 6,684 feet in North Carolina. California has 100 peaks over 13,100 feet (highest in L.A. Metro is 10,000 feet though). The best display of elevation change is that only 76 miles are between the lowest point in the continental USA (Death Valley) and the highest point (Mount Whitney). Imagine a change from 14,500 feet to -232 feet in the same distance between New York City and New Haven, CT.
These sudden changes are frequent out West near development too. My city is at around 400 feet, about 7 miles from the ocean. Just six miles north of our house is a 5,689 foot mountain, so the mountain literally looms over the city because it is so close and so sudden of an increase in height.
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