Hello, dopers. I’m andygirl. (Lowercase because I feel like it. My real name is Kristen, but that’s common as dirt.)
I’m 18, leaving for Dartmouth College in a month… I write a lot. Columns, poems, plays. It’s a living. I intern for a local theater company and work at a clothing store. I also administer email lists for gay teens. (Hey, matt_mcl! Remember me? The numberletter girl.) Obsessions include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Altoids, Neil Gaiman, and Terry Pratchett. Oh, and I’m a lesbian.
I’m a Delaware girl. I live in the flattest county in the flattest state in the US. Chickens outnumber people 60:1 in my state.
For once, I’m strapped for words. Um… hi, everyone.
As for the question of Delaware’s flatness, I must rely on my great source of geographical knowledge: my dad the history teacher, armed with his atlas o’ death. (Seriously. The thing is immense. )
Delaware is the flattest state by several hundred feet.
In Sussex County, where I live, the average is 12 ft above sea level. The whole state is an average of 60 ft above sea level.
It’s because of the chickens. They trampled down the earth, I tell you.
Oh wait, I just noticed you’re from Delaware…get a real state, you Maryland wanna-bes
(hey, when you’re from MD, you need someone to pick on, and Delaware and West Virginia are…well…obvious choices)
Guess what? I am one of the very few people who has ever been TO Delaware (not just through it). Last November, I attended a conference at the Hagley. I definitely saw at least one hill.
The Hagly is, imo, quite boring. As is the whole state.
In regards to Altoid consumption: gotta say that it has absolutely nothing to do with sex. I just eat them constantly. They clear my sinuses. And if you want to know, I did a survey of my friends who ate Altoids. They said that they didn’t do a thing for their sex lives. (Does that say a bit too much about my friends? Hmm.)
Of course, the only real Altoids are the peppermint.
The mean elevation has nothing to do with it!!! That just tell you the average height above sea level. What is important would be the standard deviation from the mean.
I bet there are some really flat plains in africa, but since it is on a huge plateau, the mean elevation would be like 300 or something.
When we are talking about flatness, we are interested in how uniform the elevation is throughout the state. YOu previously posted that your county is at 12 ft but the average for the state is 60ft. That is a big difference. Such a big difference tells any thinking person that your state is not as FLAT as you are claiming. A flat state would be at 60ft EVERYWHERE in the state. Not just an average of that. If you had huge rolling hills that were 90 ft at the top and 30 feet at the bottom, you would have one bumpy ass state, but still a mean elevation of 60ft.
Anyway, as I said, Welcome to the Board. You will have to get used to people jumping in demanding proof and debunking false claims every now and then!!
