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by cobaltoxide 1136 days ago
It's surrounded by mountains, but the urban part of the city is indeed very flat.
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woodruffw 1136 days ago
Maybe a decade ago, but there are now over a dozen buildings over 300 feet in downtown SLC[1].

I was there last week; it's not a "big" city by any means, but it's also certainly not flat by any means. Compare this to Buffalo, which is bigger, older, and still has fewer buildings over 300 feet[2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_S...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_B...

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jjulius 1136 days ago
Pretty sure we're talking about ground elevation, not building height.
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woodruffw 1136 days ago
The original context was "flat and squat," so I assumed we were including building height. But it's entirely possible that was wrong!
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jjulius 1136 days ago
Fair, I may have missed "squat"!
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