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Originally Posted by Iaskwhy
That is why I was discussing elevation span and not elevation alone. Therefore, what you said doesn't hold. Flat is an adjective, not a noun so your piece of paper comparison is asinine.
Quite frankly your argument is what is truly asinine.
Does New England have nice scenery? or is it flat and boring?
OK--let's throw a monkey wrench in here....
Does NE have nice scenery? Depends on what you are looking for....
Is NE flat? No
Is NE scenery "boring"? No.
I live in CT and I compare the landscape to "Ireland if it had trees," i.e. rolling hills, lots of stone fences.
IMO CT is far too lush and overgrown with trees (I live east of I-84) Mind you, I love trees but I grew up along Lake Erie (grape belt) and find the landscape here overbearing. March 2014 I was travelling down Rt. 30 in Vernon when out of nowhere a rather large branch came crashing down on the hood of my car and smashed the windshield--and it wasn't even windy! I've noticed that people here tend to "over-landscape" their lots--especially in suburbia--and the results look like hell when not properly maintained. It' doesn't help--and it's no wonder--that CT has become the deer tick capital of the world.
I really miss the stunning summer sunsets of Western NYS--in my home town around this time of year it doesn't get dark until after 9 PM. Now that I'm living inland sunsets are a bust (obscured by all those damned trees!) and even in summer I'm affected by SAD.
The plus side to this, of course, is that NE has the most spectacular Fall season in the country. For the most part, I would say that in CT at least, Autumn is actually our longest season (except for the occasional freak Halloween snow storm ) The down side is that the winters are short but brutal--often bringing down power lines struck down by those overgrown trees....
Second, I never said that New England was flat. I said compared to the West, New England is flat.
Is this really the hill you want to make your stand on?
"Flat" is an adjective. But it is not a comparative one; it is descriptive. According to Dictionary-dot-com, it has 30 meanings as an adjective (and also some as a noun!), but for our purposes, the first three are most relevant:
1. horizontally level: a flat roof
2. level, even, or without unevenness of surface, as land or tabletops
3. having a surface that is without marked projections or depressions: a broad, flat face
Under none of these meanings can New England be called "flat." The condition of the West is of absolutely no relevance, because "flat" is not comparative.
If you had said "New England is flatTER than the West," no one would have batted an eyelash. But instead, you keep on spewing nonsense about how New England is flat because it's less non-flat than the West.
New England is flatter than the West. But New England is not flat.
Man, stop feeding the troll. New England isn't flat by any measure. Do the hills and mountains compare to the mountains out west? No. They're smaller and less rugged. However, they're not flat. In fact, you could argue that The Presidentials in New Hampshire, or Katahdin in Maine are actually more dramatic than some taller peaks because they rise so high above their base elevation. I've seen taller mountains that don't appear as tall because while the peak may be 8,000 feet, the base elevation is 4,500 feet. That mountain peak is only rising 3,500ft above the surroundings whereas Mt. Katahdin at 5,270 ft. rises 4,288 above its surroundings.
Regardless, New England isn't flat by any measure. Its topography is almost characterized by rolling hills (even in Southern New England). The scenery is beautiful and charming. It's not as rugged and dramatic as other places, but it's exceptionally beautiful here. If you want jagged peaks and foreboding alpine environments, or jagged cliffs plunging down toward the ocean, look elsewhere. If you want hills, forests, and beautiful coastline, New England is excellent.
New England is flatter than the West. But New England is not flat.
Which is EXACTLY what I have been saying all along. Saying New England is flatter than the West is equivalent to saying it is flat compared to the West.
Quite frankly your argument is what is truly asinine.
Flat means this -> --------
Not this -> -^-^^--
Got it? Good.
Okay, then according to your definition, no landscape, even salt flats, are flat, because there are bumps on a micro level. It is completely dependent on what resolution you want to look at.
Okay, then according to your definition, no landscape, even salt flats, are flat, because there are bumps on a micro level. It is completely dependent on what resolution you want to look at.
Try going on a long bike ride in Western Massachusetts and leave the Connecticut River valley, I promise you won't think it's flat.
Try going on a long bike ride in Western Massachusetts and leave the Connecticut River valley, I promise you won't think it's flat.
Try going on a long bike ride in the Sierras or the Cascades and you will think Western Mass is flat in comparison.
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) The down side is that the winters are short but brutal--often bringing down power lines struck down by those overgrown trees....
