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I think you'll find that in most any state, the flat areas are where the good portions are and the hilly areas are where the lunatics, malcontents and miscreants can be found.
Must be why I love and live in Colorado!
Nothing flat in my neighborhood other than the bar at my neighborhood pub.
Most people's impression of Indiana is from drive across either I-70 or I-80.
So yes, most people would think Indiana is flat.
Northern and Central Indiana are flat, but the southern third is quite hilly.
Grew up in Indy (flat) and went to college in Bloomington (not flat).
Most people's impression of Indiana is from drive across either I-70 or I-80.
So yes, most people would think Indiana is flat.
Northern and Central Indiana are flat, but the southern third is quite hilly.
Grew up in Indy (flat) and went to college in Bloomington (not flat).
The same is pretty much true of Illinois, it just has a much bigger "midsection" of the state (bulges out pretty far) that is flat compared to Indiana. S. IL is a lot of rolling hills, and the NW section of IL is pretty rugged by Midwest standards. I actually think IN and IL have comparable amounts of hilliness, it's just a bigger percentage of IN since it's a smaller state.
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The same is pretty much true of Illinois, it just has a much bigger "midsection" of the state (bulges out pretty far) that is flat compared to Indiana. S. IL is a lot of rolling hills, and the NW section of IL is pretty rugged by Midwest standards. I actually think IN and IL have comparable amounts of hilliness, it's just a bigger percentage of IN since it's a smaller state.
Wisconsin is another Midwestern state that has a decent hill country nobody knows about too.
Colorado gets a lot of credit for elevation, but when I lived in the Front Range Metro the topography bored the daylights out of me. I always wanted to be in mountains, not just looking at them in the distance.
The state that really really surprises me- or that gets punished the most from their methodology is Nevada. I'm pretty sure that it has more separate mountain ranges than anywhere else, as anyone that's ever driven across the state on US 50 (17 passes, I believe) or I-80 can attest. It ranks in the top ten on this list because the spaces between all the ranges are all flat desert!
I think you'll find that in most any state, the flat areas are where the good portions are and the hilly areas are where the lunatics, malcontents and miscreants can be found.
That's right - LOL - everything's beautiful...till you hear the banjos.
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I think you'll find that in most any state, the flat areas are where the good portions are and the hilly areas are where the lunatics, malcontents and miscreants can be found.
I think you'll find that out on the flat land is where all the stiff-prudish know-it-alls live, and out in the hills is where the fun folk and good food are.
See, I can do it too.
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