Illinois isn't flat

[dlsterner]

This guy is seriously back for more ridicule after the Haunted thread fiasco?

Yes, I'm amazed (well not really) that he keeps coming back for more ridicule.  (I did catch some of the Haunted thread fiasco before it went to forum purgatory)

[Max Rockatansky]

This guy is seriously back for more ridicule after the Haunted thread fiasco?

Yes, I'm amazed (well not really) that he keeps coming back for more ridicule.  (I did catch some of the Haunted thread fiasco before it went to forum purgatory)

Seems you didn't, it was such a spooky thread that it disappeared like a ghost!  I might be able to offer you some low quality grainy images as proof that it existed.

[bing101]

Why would I think Illinois was flat?  I used to live in the southern part of the state.

Oh, wait, I forgot.  People in Chicago think the rest of the state doesn't exist, so they assume we must think that too.

https://goo.gl/maps/5a3fyMGAxXFRTR2b8
https://goo.gl/maps/UP9BZHqCmoXoiV42A
https://goo.gl/maps/W4nYR9jAu7ZzhhKS7
https://goo.gl/maps/j8gtKcz2hqVLJfWMA
https://goo.gl/maps/dS18P2TCdb1pdE6k6
https://goo.gl/maps/G7PULpCNtiGeCEGR8

I get what you mean the New Madrid fault makes the Southern part of Illinois hilly in some areas.

[Scott5114]

Speaking of "scenic", I would agree that some of the hilly parts of Illinois are not even scenic. Southern Illinois and the Illinois Valley have too much thick tree cover to be scenic.

I think that's remarkably silly. Thick tree cover can be scenic in its own right, especially around this time of year.

Is there a word for nationalism, but instead of for a country, it's for the state of Illinois? That's sort of what I'm feeling reading some of the posts here.

Sectionalism.

[bing101]

That's interesting to see California more flat than New York State. But I can see why too given that the Central Valley contributes to the Golden States flatness and parts of the Mojave Desert can give that perception.
Also Upstate New York has the Appalachian mountains that make the state less flat.

[SkyPesos]

Nebraska is only #20 in flatness? I thought it would be top 10 at least.

[Max Rockatansky]

Nebraska is only #20 in flatness? I thought it would be top 10 at least.

The western part of the state has substantial bluffs and badlands.

[hbelkins]

This guy is seriously back for more ridicule after the Haunted thread fiasco?

Yes, I'm amazed (well not really) that he keeps coming back for more ridicule.  (I did catch some of the Haunted thread fiasco before it went to forum purgatory)

Seems you didn't, it was such a spooky thread that it disappeared like a ghost!  I might be able to offer you some low quality grainy images as proof that it existed.

Wow. The thread didn't just get locked, but it got deleted? That doesn't happen very often. It must have gotten really crazy in there between the time I saw it for the last time and when someone pulled the plug on it.

I'd love to see the mods' explanation for this and what prompted the decision. (There's my occasional call for more transparency).

[Max Rockatansky]

This guy is seriously back for more ridicule after the Haunted thread fiasco?

Yes, I'm amazed (well not really) that he keeps coming back for more ridicule.  (I did catch some of the Haunted thread fiasco before it went to forum purgatory)

Seems you didn't, it was such a spooky thread that it disappeared like a ghost!  I might be able to offer you some low quality grainy images as proof that it existed.

Wow. The thread didn't just get locked, but it got deleted? That doesn't happen very often. It must have gotten really crazy in there between the time I saw it for the last time and when someone pulled the plug on it.

I'd love to see the mods' explanation for this and what prompted the decision. (There's my occasional call for more transparency).

It was just a total cluster f%^} from my own observation as someone who was part of that thread.  Lots of insults were hurled back and forth amid the backdrop of Illinois roadways somehow being haunted/not flat.  Suffice to say there was almost nothing (being generous) of value in said thread.

[cl94]

That's interesting to see California more flat than New York State. But I can see why too given that the Central Valley contributes to the Golden States flatness and parts of the Mojave Desert can give that perception.
Also Upstate New York has the Appalachian mountains that make the state less flat.

Very little of NY is remotely flat. Aside from Long Island and right along the Great Lakes, the state is very rugged, as is most of the Northeast. Our mountains might not be tall, but there is definitely more terrain variation than you get in most of the US. Similarly, all of NJ's high ranking comes from South Jersey.

Nebraska is only #20 in flatness? I thought it would be top 10 at least.

The western part of the state has substantial bluffs and badlands.

Between the badlands out west and the sandhills in Central NE, it's not a flat state unless you're along the I-80 corridor or south. I was very pleasantly surprised by the scenery.

[hotdogPi]

Something quite surprising: None of the six flattest states touch each other.

[paulthemapguy]

If we're comparing Iowa and Illinois, Iowa has the Loess Hills, while Illinois has less hills. 

[Scott5114]

This guy is seriously back for more ridicule after the Haunted thread fiasco?

Yes, I'm amazed (well not really) that he keeps coming back for more ridicule.  (I did catch some of the Haunted thread fiasco before it went to forum purgatory)

Seems you didn't, it was such a spooky thread that it disappeared like a ghost!  I might be able to offer you some low quality grainy images as proof that it existed.

Wow. The thread didn't just get locked, but it got deleted? That doesn't happen very often. It must have gotten really crazy in there between the time I saw it for the last time and when someone pulled the plug on it.

I'd love to see the mods' explanation for this and what prompted the decision. (There's my occasional call for more transparency).

It was just a total cluster f%^} from my own observation as someone who was part of that thread.  Lots of insults were hurled back and forth amid the backdrop of Illinois roadways somehow being haunted/not flat.  Suffice to say there was almost nothing (being generous) of value in said thread.

They weren't even particularly good or entertaining insults.

[Max Rockatansky]

This guy is seriously back for more ridicule after the Haunted thread fiasco?

Yes, I'm amazed (well not really) that he keeps coming back for more ridicule.  (I did catch some of the Haunted thread fiasco before it went to forum purgatory)

Seems you didn't, it was such a spooky thread that it disappeared like a ghost!  I might be able to offer you some low quality grainy images as proof that it existed.

Wow. The thread didn't just get locked, but it got deleted? That doesn't happen very often. It must have gotten really crazy in there between the time I saw it for the last time and when someone pulled the plug on it.

I'd love to see the mods' explanation for this and what prompted the decision. (There's my occasional call for more transparency).

It was just a total cluster f%^} from my own observation as someone who was part of that thread.  Lots of insults were hurled back and forth amid the backdrop of Illinois roadways somehow being haunted/not flat.  Suffice to say there was almost nothing (being generous) of value in said thread.

They weren't even particularly good or entertaining insults.

What got me was that the original post went into so much detail about certain Illinois roads being haunted only to take a sudden 180 turn at the end about Illinois not being flat.  It left me with the impression that if the OP had found proof of; the divine, monsters, ghosts or aliens visiting Illinois that he would still commentate on how evidence of the state not being flat was in the background.

[plain]

That's interesting to see California more flat than New York State. But I can see why too given that the Central Valley contributes to the Golden States flatness and parts of the Mojave Desert can give that perception.
Also Upstate New York has the Appalachian mountains that make the state less flat.

Curious to see Alaska's and Hawaii's rank.

Illinois & South Carolina is flatter than Delaware?? That's a shock to me.

[Crash_It]

If we're comparing Iowa and Illinois, Iowa has the Loess Hills, while Illinois has less hills. 

Illinois has the Shawnee Hills and Illinois Ozarks.

[cl94]

Illinois & South Carolina is flatter than Delaware?? That's a shock to me.

Northern Delaware is hilly enough to mess up the ranking. It's not much of the state, but it's a large enough percentage.

[renegade]

This guy is seriously back for more ridicule after the Haunted thread fiasco?

Yes, I'm amazed (well not really) that he keeps coming back for more ridicule.  (I did catch some of the Haunted thread fiasco before it went to forum purgatory)

Seems you didn't, it was such a spooky thread that it disappeared like a ghost!  I might be able to offer you some low quality grainy images as proof that it existed.

Wow. The thread didn't just get locked, but it got deleted? That doesn't happen very often. It must have gotten really crazy in there between the time I saw it for the last time and when someone pulled the plug on it.

I'd love to see the mods' explanation for this and what prompted the decision. (There's my occasional call for more transparency).

It was just a total cluster f%^} from my own observation as someone who was part of that thread.  Lots of insults were hurled back and forth amid the backdrop of Illinois roadways somehow being haunted/not flat.  Suffice to say there was almost nothing (being generous) of value in said thread.

They weren't even particularly good or entertaining insults.

Oh, I don't know about that.  I got the finger (and a warning)!

[Max Rockatansky]

This guy is seriously back for more ridicule after the Haunted thread fiasco?

Yes, I'm amazed (well not really) that he keeps coming back for more ridicule.  (I did catch some of the Haunted thread fiasco before it went to forum purgatory)

Seems you didn't, it was such a spooky thread that it disappeared like a ghost!  I might be able to offer you some low quality grainy images as proof that it existed.

Wow. The thread didn't just get locked, but it got deleted? That doesn't happen very often. It must have gotten really crazy in there between the time I saw it for the last time and when someone pulled the plug on it.

I'd love to see the mods' explanation for this and what prompted the decision. (There's my occasional call for more transparency).

It was just a total cluster f%^} from my own observation as someone who was part of that thread.  Lots of insults were hurled back and forth amid the backdrop of Illinois roadways somehow being haunted/not flat.  Suffice to say there was almost nothing (being generous) of value in said thread.

They weren't even particularly good or entertaining insults.

Oh, I don't know about that.  I got the finger (and a warning)!

I used what might have been the least scathing sounding insult ever in failed attempt to reason with Lord Car Horn. 

[GaryV]

Is it true that in some counties in Illinois, the greatest change in elevation is the difference between the tops of the corn stalks and the soybeans in the next field?

[thspfc]

Is it true that in some counties in Illinois, the greatest change in elevation is the difference between the tops of the corn stalks and the soybeans in the next field?

In 2, 65, and 99 counties, yes.

[Rick Powell]

In 2, 65, and 99 counties, yes.

In 10, 2 and 4 counties, this bottle of Dr. Pepper went flat.

[Scott5114]

Lord Car Horn. 

See, that made me laugh. I suggest making it Lord Carhorn without the space, because that makes it look more like the name of some minor English noble.

[jmacswimmer]

Lord Car Horn. 

See, that made me laugh. I suggest making it Lord Carhorn without the space, because that makes it look more like the name of some minor English noble.

Personally, seeing it stylized as Lord Carhorn instantly reminded me of Lord Farquaad (RIP).

[hbelkins]

That's interesting to see California more flat than New York State. But I can see why too given that the Central Valley contributes to the Golden States flatness and parts of the Mojave Desert can give that perception.
Also Upstate New York has the Appalachian mountains that make the state less flat.

Curious to see Alaska's and Hawaii's rank.

Illinois & South Carolina is flatter than Delaware?? That's a shock to me.

I don't see 50 on the map, so I'm presuming that's Alaska. What other number is missing? That would be Hawaii.