Select Cities by Elevation Gap between Lowest and Highest Points

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Originally Posted by muppet

What's the most 'unlikely' city in the US? The kind of place built in unforgiving topography, and difficult for infrastructure, but in the end makes for urban drama.

I love how San Francisco is so hilly, and spans a giant bay that it's had to bridge multiple times.

I would also say NYC's core, Manhattan, being an island (and, more generally, metro NYC being built over a series of islands) means it falls into the unforgiving topography category. Had to be bridged and tunnel'd dozens of times over to stitch everything together, but it certainly makes for a dramatic cityscape.