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This is funny as HELL!! Okay, sorry I brought up the hills. I changed it to inclines because I have been to places like Cincinatti and WOW, I almost broke my ankle in heels trying to walk. LOL.
Some places in DC have INCLINES. Okay and done. But you all can keep it going cause I"m loving it.
The city in question is DC, not Cincinatti. If you want to start a thread that states, "Cincinatti is Hillier than DC and I almost broke my Ankle", go right ahead. Otherwise its just changing the subject. Or in your case, the vocabulary.
The city in question is DC, not Cincinatti. If you want to start a thread that states, "Cincinatti is Hillier than DC and I almost broke my Ankle", go right ahead. Otherwise its just changing the subject. Or in your case, the vocabulary.
Alright class settle down let's listen to the Teacher. Incline is a great word. That would describe parts of DC pefectly. Even Capitol Hill with "hill" in the title is relatively flat. There's the "incline" that leads to the capitol building hence the "hill" in the neighborhood's title but that's about it.
Also in her defense she is staying on topic. Compared to some parts of the midwest DC is "hilly" in comparison but when compared to the other parts of the country Cincinnatti, being a great example, DC is not hilly. It contains hills and indeed small valleys but that alone doesn't qualify it as hilly particularly when compared to cities such as: San Francisco, Seattle, Pittsburgh, and the aforementioned Cincinnatti.
This is funny as HELL!! Okay, sorry I brought up the hills. I changed it to inclines because I have been to places like Cincinatti and WOW, I almost broke my ankle in heels trying to walk. LOL.
Some places in DC have INCLINES. Okay and done. But you all can keep it going cause I"m loving it.
Being a dude I never realized that a woman would have trouble walking up and down hills in high heels. I learned something. Neat.
Alright class settle down let's listen to the Teacher. Incline is a great word. That would describe parts of DC pefectly. Even Capitol Hill with "hill" in the title is relatively flat. There's the "incline" that leads to the capitol building hence the "hill" in the neighborhood's title but that's about it.
Also in her defense she is staying on topic. Compared to some parts of the midwest DC is "hilly" in comparison but when compared to the other parts of the country Cincinnatti, being a great example, DC is not hilly. It contains hills and indeed small valleys but that alone doesn't qualify it as hilly particularly when compared to cities such as: San Francisco, Seattle, Pittsburgh, and the aforementioned Cincinnatti.
Thank you. That was my only point. I can't believe how upset he's getting. No one's ever said it's void of hills, but I've never heard DC referred to as hilly. Pittsburgh is a great example of a hilly city. Very different.
Thank you. That was my only point. I can't believe how upset he's getting. No one's ever said it's void of hills, but I've never heard DC referred to as hilly. Pittsburgh is a great example of a hilly city. Very different.
I thought you were not going to respond again?
DC is a hilly city. Pittsburgh is hillier. Sort of like the Rockies are big mountains but the Himalayas are bigger.
LOL I thought I said listen to the Teacher. You get an F.
DC is not hilly.
The evidence, topographical as well as visual, clearly shows that it is. Since the existence of a city within a valley does not prove the obvious, I reckon it is you who has earned the F.
Now, as not one shred of counter evidence has been presented, let's sum it up:
Grand Forks is Flat
Washington DC is Hilly
New York City is Hilly (Manhattan means "island of many hills")
Pittsburgh is Really Hilly
San Francisco is Really Hilly
The evidence, topographical as well as visual, clearly shows that it is. Since the existence of a city within a valley does not prove the obvious, I reckon it is you who has earned the F.
Now, as not one shred of counter evidence has been presented, let's sum it up:
Grand Forks is Flat
Washington DC is Hilly
New York City is Hilly (Manhattan means "island of many hills")
Pittsburgh is Really Hilly
San Francisco is Really Hilly
Denver is Mile High
I grew up here Terrence. You can't win this one.
I grew up here as well, and agree with Terrence. There is such a thing as neither pancake flat nor hilly, and DC fits that description. Just because a place has streams and a river or two doesn't mean that there are valleys.
If you're going to call NYC hilly, then yes, DC is hilly. I've never met a New Yorker who would say that, though. Maybe we can get a native New Yorker here to agree, thus ending this super enlightening discussion.
I grew up here as well, and agree with Terrence. There is such a thing as neither pancake flat nor hilly, and DC fits that description. Just because a place has streams and a river or two doesn't mean that there are valleys.
If you're going to call NYC hilly, then yes, DC is hilly. I've never met a New Yorker who would say that, though. Maybe we can get a native New Yorker here to agree, thus ending this super enlightening discussion.
And you are factually incorrect as well.
DC is located in a Valley which itself has lesser valleys. The city is characterized by numerous hills as well as ravines. I have named a great many of them, but apparently nobody has noticed.
And I did not say that a river automatically meant there was a valley. Grand Forks has a river, but not a hill or valley to its name. On the other extreme, San Francisco has no major river, is not in a valley, but is certainly very hilly. Come one man! Don't misquote me. Prove your point honestly.
New York most certainly is hilly. What of Sugar Hill, Fordham Hill, Rose Hill, Boerum Hill, Ocean Hill, Mt Eden, Todt Hill, and Park Slope to name a few? Good grief, there are loads of hills there.
Nobody is claiming that either is in the league of San Francisco or Rome. But to deny the obvious topographical characteristics strikes me as rather strange.
DC is a hilly city. Pittsburgh is hillier. Sort of like the Rockies are big mountains but the Himalayas are bigger.
That should elucidate things.
You were exceedingly rude to me, so it was important for me to triumphantly return to prove you wrong.
The fact that you're listing Manhattan as a "hilly city" (or part of a city) simply proves your definition of hilly and everybody else's are simply different. And, yes, I know it gets more hilly on the northern end of Manhattan, but still a FAR cry from a hilly place and I've never heard a New Yorker ever mention the hills. I think if you moved away from here and lived in genuinely hilly city, you'd understand.
Anyway. Remains a silly argument, but at least we can find some consensus that DC has hills but is far from a hilly city.
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