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Old 01-29-2008, 05:54 PM
 
Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota
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Fargo, North Dakota
Mitchell, South Dakota
Lincoln, Nebraska
Kearney, Nebraska
Lawrence, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Abilene, Texas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Phoenix, Arizona
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Old 01-29-2008, 06:16 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa has some decent hills in town actually, alot more than I thought.
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Old 01-29-2008, 06:17 PM
 
Location: City of North Las Vegas, NV
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Chigago is a pancake
Believe Indy is the same

Don't think Las Vegas is that flat!
If you count the westside community of Summerlin and the lower Las Vegas Wash near Sams Town Casino you have a big difference in elevation
Geologists will tell you that the Las Vegas valley tips like a bowl and empties by the lake

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Old 01-29-2008, 06:20 PM
 
Location: NJ
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Salt Lake City, Orlando, Phoenix
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Old 01-29-2008, 08:13 PM
 
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Salt Lake? Well I guess the city itself is flat, sure, being in the valley, but I don't really think of a "flat" place as SLC with the Wasatch staring down at you... flat to me is when you can't see anything at all but horizon when you look out, no distinguishing geographical features, and you have no idea which way is north if you're not good with directions. It's always very apparent where you're going in SLC.

On that note, Sacramento... same deal with the mountains, but you never see the Sierras unless you get a perfect vantage.
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Old 01-29-2008, 08:17 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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Salt Lake City, Orlando, Phoenix
Orlando actually has some hills, they are not big ones, and they are on the north side, but they are there!
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Old 01-29-2008, 08:21 PM
 
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Orlando actually has some hills, they are not big ones, and they are on the north side, but they are there!
Yes, and to the west in Clermont there are some 200-300 foot hills. Not spectacular but it's elevation change.

Now the FLATTEST city in the country? That award goes to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There is literally not even the slightest ripple in topography change. I noticed a very small ripple on one side of town (I'm talking a foot or two), and that's IT. Even Miami has 10-15 foot crests in Little Havana and Coconut Grove. There is NOTHING, and you must go miles and miles and miles to even encounter anything close to a hill (and that's in the 10-15 foot range). Even those cities in Nebraska and the midwest have at least some ridges.

Phoenix is also very flat, but the mountain ranges around the city kind of make up for it.
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Old 01-29-2008, 08:24 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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Yes, and to the west in Clermont there are some 200-300 foot hills.

Now the FLATTEST city in the country? That award goes to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There is literally not even the slightest ripple in topography change. I noticed a very small ripple on one side of town (I'm talking a foot or two), and that's IT. Even Miami has 10-15 foot crests in Little Havana and Coconut Grove. There is NOTHING, and you must go miles and miles and miles to even encounter anything close to a hill (and that's in the 10-15 foot range). Even those cities in Nebraska and the midwest have at least some ridges.
I agree with that! I was really shocked to see how flat it was........ my moms folks come from the flatlands in SE Mo, and I thought that was flat!
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Old 01-29-2008, 08:39 PM
 
Location: Tippecanoe County, Indiana
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Fargo, North Dakota
Mitchell, South Dakota
Lincoln, Nebraska
Kearney, Nebraska
Lawrence, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Abilene, Texas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Phoenix, Arizona

Lawrence, KS is quite hilly. The city has at least 300- 400ft worth of elevation change between the floodplain along the river and the hills to the south of town.
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Old 01-29-2008, 08:42 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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Miami-Ft. Lauderdale is very flat. As is Houston. Chicago, the city, is very flat as well.
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