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Originally Posted by M II A II R II K
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Originally Posted by Crawford
I'm still confused why some believe the NY area is generally flat.
The entire region is hilly except for the coastal plains right on the Jersey shore and the south shore of LI. Even the coastal areas are hilly on the LI Sound. Really the defining characteristics of the region are hills and rocky outcroppings.
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True. Pres. Teddy Roosevelt had a house at Sagamore Hill on Oyster Bay on the north shore of LI, and it is a hill. I think the Long Island hills are glacial morraines mostly. But the hills to the north and west of NYC are honest to goodness hills and low mountains, foothills of the Appalachians.
Same thing about Washington DC. A lot of people think its flat. And the tidal areas are. But all around the city, especially to the north and west are hills and low mountains. Capitol "Hill" is low, but the one a few miles north where they had the soldier's home during the Civil War is a real hill. Pres. Lincoln and family used to spend some of the summer there because it was a bit cooler than the city. Camp David maybe 20-30 miles northwest is on a low mountain, Catoctin, a genuine ridge of the Appalachians.
And the sunset picture of Chicago above could make a poster. Gorgeous.
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