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Pros:
Provide nice vistas (from the top) and backdrops (from a distance)
Help to provide a "sense of place" in that they create concrete barriers between neighborhoods
Arguably limit sprawl
Cons:
Hard to bike up
IMHO the pros win out.
Indeed!
San Diego like many other hilly cities is vastly more interesting and picturesque because of them. Pittsburgh and Seattle and San Francisco are also among my favorite cities because of their hills- even sprawly, flat seeming Atlanta has some nice hills when you get down into it which makes it real nice with its treescape.
The natural boundaries here that the hills create are mostly urban canyons between mesas, right in the heart of the city that separate neighborhoods and help define them and also create wildlife corridors basically downtown.
300' cliffs above the Pacific provide a great launching point for hang gliders and add to the visual splendor of being on the beach at Torry Pines or Blacks Beach.
Agreed. Duluth MN is pretty, but it's murder there in the winter.
Those steep hills in Duluth have to be a b*tch in the winter! Where as in most cities being up upon or on top of the hillside is almost always among the more desirable places to live in an area I bet Duluth is just the opposite- the flats by the lake are where you want to be!
I'm honestly not sure how it works there. Hopefully someone who does can post about it. I'd imagine the top of the hill with its views of Lake Superior (and, unfortunately, Superior WI) is at least one of the places to be. I think there's actually an east-west deal in Duluth, at least I hear people from there talk about one being nicer than the other.
Having hills (or preferably mountains) available for recreation is great. But hills in the developed area are more of a minus for me. Inconvenient to walk, bike, park, etc. especially when icy. So I'd go with flat - but hilly in all of the city parks.
I think they cause more of a problem, for getting around as mentioned. But I love them in a city and prefer them even if they are inconvenient.
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