Illinois is flat

[Max Rockatansky]

Share your flat Illinois road media, ready, set, discuss!

[paulthemapguy]

I have never left the state of Illinois so I have to assume that my very limited range of experiences is normal and representative of what people experience in other states or countries... when actually my life is not normal; it's distinctly Illinoisan.

[thspfc]

Actually, Illinois is probably the least flat state in the Union. I grew up in Chicago but I actually love southern Illinois because it's not flat. Want to see some examples of how not flat Illinois is?

I grew up driving roads like this: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6053915,-88.1771572,3a,75y,187.18h,91.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1spELzgt1DY6lxAUDj9SOjVw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DpELzgt1DY6lxAUDj9SOjVw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D270.29248%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

And this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7680917,-88.6201188,3a,75y,93.4h,84.19t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjaCORC0xc5Rq0Yk59F6twg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DjaCORC0xc5Rq0Yk59F6twg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D359.17566%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

And this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7074947,-89.8249475,3a,75y,31.98h,84.12t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIXakuJf9jn_WNJn2B-5LsQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DIXakuJf9jn_WNJn2B-5LsQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D337.3568%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

That third one actually has a tree, so therefore it's basically the Himalayas.

My personal favorite Illinois highway, though:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5661877,-107.2693895,3a,75y,280.33h,89.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDh2Sl1_mHjThXPCzRo4JOw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDh2Sl1_mHjThXPCzRo4JOw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D42.486275%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

It really is just amazing.

I'm not comfortable with your blanket statements about Illinois being flat, as only 98% of the state is flatter than a hardwood floor.

By the way, in case I didn't mention this, southern Illinois is not flat.

[kphoger]

flatter than a hardwood floor.

pancake

get it right

[Max Rockatansky]

The opposing viewpoint needed a bump, discuss.

[Roadgeekteen]

Technically no state is completely flat, every state has at least some minor elevation gain somewhere making them not flat.

[NE2]

Research flat earth.

[Rothman]

Research flat earth.

Fine.  Illinois is pretty darned flat, relatively.

[formulanone]

Research flat earth.

I researched flat earth while eating jumbo shrimp inside a sanitary sewer, but all I came up with was military intelligence.

[US 89]

If you shrink down Illinois to the size of a pancake, the pancake still has more terrain variation. So Illinois is flatter than a pancake.

Of course, you can say the same thing about other states, but only Florida is flatter.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/03/science-several-us-states-led-by-florida-are-flatter-than-a-pancake/284348/

[Max Rockatansky]

If you shrink down Illinois to the size of a pancake, the pancake still has more terrain variation. So Illinois is flatter than a pancake.

Of course, you can say the same thing about other states, but only Florida is flatter.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/03/science-several-us-states-led-by-florida-are-flatter-than-a-pancake/284348/

I'm to understand that the entire planet would meet the tolerance levels of a scaled up pool cue ball.

[Max Rockatansky]

Research flat earth.

I researched flat earth while eating jumbo shrimp inside a sanitary sewer, but all I came up with was military intelligence.

So, you guys are saying that non-flat Illinois (I believe we called it dark Illinois in the "other"  thread) beyond the Great Ice Wall?

[Roadgeekteen]

Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.

[Rothman]

Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.  Read your first sentence again slowly.

[Roadgeekteen]

Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.  Read your first sentence again slowly.

Flat earthers don't believe that the whole earth is completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah, they just believe that it's not a sphere.

[Rothman]

Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.  Read your first sentence again slowly.

Flat earthers don't believe that the whole earth is completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah, they just believe that it's not a sphere.

Heh.  Another sentence you need to read again slowly.

[thspfc]

Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.  Read your first sentence again slowly.

Flat earthers don't believe that the whole earth is completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah, they just believe that it's not a sphere.

Heh.  Another sentence you need to read again slowly.

I've learned that this is Rothman's favorite phrase. But what he's getting at is that sand dunes are not flat.

[webny99]

Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.  Read your first sentence again slowly.

Flat earthers don't believe that the whole earth is completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah, they just believe that it's not a sphere.

Heh.  Another sentence you need to read again slowly.

I think he's right. The statement "the earth is flat" refers specifically to whether or not it's a sphere. Terrain is so undeniable that it has never been legitimately called into question.

[Rothman]

Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.  Read your first sentence again slowly.

Flat earthers don't believe that the whole earth is completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah, they just believe that it's not a sphere.

Heh.  Another sentence you need to read again slowly.

I think he's right. The statement "the earth is flat" refers specifically to whether or not it's a sphere. Terrain is so undeniable that it has never been legitimately called into question.

It's being ignored by these statements.

[US 89]

completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah

Like these? Those... are not flat. People go there to slide down them and drive their ATVs up and over the hills.

[hotdogPi]

completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah

Like these? Those... are not flat. People go there to slide down them and drive their ATVs up and over the hills.

I think Roadgeekteen was saying the sand dunes aren't flat, although it's a poorly worded sentence.

[Roadgeekteen]

I meant the Salt Flats oops.

[ET21]

I saw pancakes and now I want pancakes 

[Rothman]

I meant the Salt Flats oops.

An interesting mixup given the conversation.

[paulthemapguy]

Research flat earth.

lmfao that's EXACTLY what this thread needed.

My personal favorite Illinois highway, though:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5661877,-107.2693895,3a,75y,280.33h,89.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDh2Sl1_mHjThXPCzRo4JOw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDh2Sl1_mHjThXPCzRo4JOw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D42.486275%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

It really is just amazing.

OMG US6 IS A HIGHWAY IN ILLINOIS AND IT GOES THROUGH THIS DISTINCTLY UNFLAT TERRAIN! THEREFORE ILLINOIS IS NOT FLAT!@!1!11!1!  CHECK OUT THIS PART OF US50 AS WELL! OR WHAT ABOUT US40?