Why do some people say an area is flat like it's a bad thing?

[raccoon]

Such as, Florida is flat, Kansas is flat, lower SC is flat....

What's wrong with flat? Seems to me erosion would be less in flat areas
because if all the dirt is at the same level, where does it have to go to?
(correct me if I'm wrong about this)

Walking, running, or bicycling is easier--a good thing if you're chronologically gifted.

Steep driveways, in an area where snow and ice can occur, worry me just to look at them. I would never live in a dwelling with a steep driveway.

[bigwillq]

1. Tornado

[Scuba]

2. Well, it could be because ...

... of this.

[edgineered]

3. One problem with flat is when it rains everything is flooded.

We have to dig holes in the yard so the water has a place to go! Of course we've been unable to dig deep enough without hitting more water. Some of the neighbors think it has something to do with all the chemtrails, but they think flat things like learning curves and haircuts are preferable. If only there were some landmarks I could find my way out of here.

[Chan790]

4. There are two excessively-flat areas near me...

one of them, the Town of Plainville, CT is considered to be the absolute-flattest incorporated municipality in the United States. (Total non-manmade elevation change within the town is <9') The other is the Tunxis Mead section of Farmington, CT. Both are so flat that rain water actually presents a problem.

The Mead is a floodplain of the Farmington and Connecticut Rivers, it's not uncommon to go that way to work when it starts raining and discover that you have to go the long way around on Rts. 4 and 10 going home 8 hours later because your road to work now runs through a multi-acre 2'-deep lake. Unfortunately, because it's so flat, it's where the town of Farmington built their athletic fields for recreational and HS sports along with community gardens.

Plainville is so flat (and sitting a-top a slab of granite, the top of a buried prehistoric plateau) that rainwater tends saturate quickly and sit on the surface collecting into puddle-fields because there is no natural pitch to make water run off. I lived there until I was 5 and it's the only place I've ever seen where people have to functionally squeegee off their front-yard into the storm gutters on the side of the road.

[kentauros]

5. Flat places are also easier to drive

when you've got a standard transmission. You burn out clutches faster in hilly areas

[hibbing]

6. I'm from the Great Plains

I actually enjoy the long vistas you have when driving on the interstate. Seeing the farms that feed so many of us, the small towns, the sunsets spread over the vastness in glowing colors.

Peace