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Originally Posted by Crawford
That makes sense. The region's core is fairly flat. Manhattan is mostly a gentle northward slope for 8 miles, then the hills get dramatic. Brownstone Brooklyn has a somewhat steeper slope, but not many tourists head to Park Slope.
And there are no SF- or Pittsburgh-style rollercoaster hills in the core parts. The Bronx, Westchester, and Northern NJ, yeah.
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while its true they arent in touristed areas, actually there are quite hilly parts in every boro -- and you left out the entire boro of staten, which as with upper manhattan and the western bronx is chock full of epic hills:
Staten Island hills dwarf all in the Big Apple
By Jan Somma-Hammel |
jsomma@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island is known for steep, curvy hills -- Grymes, Lighthouse, Ward, Fox, Dongan, Emerson Hill, Sunset and others.
They are located in some of the most scenic neighborhoods, with spectacular vistas of New York Harbor, the Manhattan skyline, New Jersey and beyond.
more:
https://www.silive.com/seen/2015/11/...in_staten.html