Flat Major Cities: Miami, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Dallas, Orlando, Tampa, New Orleans (best, compared)
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Rank the following flat as pancake cities in the following categories from best to worst. Here are the cities: Miami, Chicago, Denver (yes I know mountains in the back but the city is flat), Houston, Dallas, Orlando, Tampa, New Orleans. Here are the categories:
-Most beautiful built environment
-Most beautiful natural environment
-Best balance of built and and natural beauty
-Best quality of life
-The ones with the brightest future
-Best weather
Here are mine:
-Most beautiful built environment: Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Denver, Houston, Orlando, Tampa, Dallas
[quote=UrbanCheetah;44081175]Rank the following flat as pancake cities in the following categories from best to worst. Here are the cities: Miami, Chicago, Denver (yes I know mountains in the back but the city is flat), Houston, Dallas, Orlando, Tampa, New Orleans. Here are the categories:
-Most beautiful built environment
Chicago
Miami
New Orleans
Denver
Tampa
Houston/Dallas/Orlando
Denver is "mostly" flat, but it has neighborhoods on the west side that show higher elevation. Dallas, isn't exactly flat as a board, there are rolling hills, but generally is flat by western standards.
Agreed. What should have been included on this list was Miami, Minneapolis, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Columbus. All flat as a board.
Uh, Minneapolis isnt flat like Houston or Chicago. It has hills and small river bluffs around the Mississippi. It has an actual waterfall within the city limits.
Most beautiful built environment - New Orleans
Most beautiful natural environment - New Orleans
Best balance of built and and natural beauty - Miami
Best quality of life - Houston/Dallas
The ones with the brightest future - Houston
Best weather - Miami
Uh, Minneapolis isnt flat like Houston or Chicago. It has hills and small river bluffs around the Mississippi. It has an actual waterfall within the city limits.
I was going to say the same thing. Below St. Anthony Falls, the Mississippi River runs through a deep river gorge, and there are some notable waterfalls along it like Minnehaha Falls, Hidden Falls, Shadow Falls, etc.
There are several hilly areas in Minneapolis, too, especially in Prospect Park (the Witch's Hat is a popular vantage point for sweeping vistas of the city and the Minneapolis skyline), Kenwood, and Tangletown.
Sure, Minneapolis is "flat" compared to, say, Pittsburgh, Seattle, or Los Angeles, but definitely not uniformly flat compared to Chicago, Miami, Houston, or Orlando. It's more of a low, gently rolling hill topography.
I was going to say the same thing. Below St. Anthony Falls, the Mississippi River runs through a deep river gorge, and there are some notable waterfalls along it like Minnehaha Falls, Hidden Falls, Shadow Falls, etc.
There are several hilly areas in Minneapolis, too, especially in Prospect Park (the Witch's Hat is a popular vantage point for sweeping vistas of the city and the Minneapolis skyline), Kenwood, and Tangletown.
Sure, Minneapolis is "flat" compared to, say, Pittsburgh, Seattle, or Los Angeles, but definitely not uniformly flat compared to Chicago, Miami, Houston, or Orlando. It's more of a low, gently rolling hill topography.
If you wanna say Minneapolis is rolling then so does Orlando on the north and NW suburb sides. Even Houston suburbs have some roll in the North, NW, and far SW sides. I'd guess though that Minny has larger hills than the other two, and it also has them a little closer to the central city.
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