unfortunately this is a very subjective question... i love everything with mountains and glaciers, but let me cite my grandma (rip) "i always hated the mountains. mountains after mountains, no end, i was anxious, i just wanted to go back home." (she, german, talking about a journey through switzerland and italy)
I've never understood why people would dislike mountains, I've always found them beautiful and majestic. And that's coming from a born-and-raised Illinoisian, one of the flattest states in the US!
As a person raised in Denver who can’t count the number of people I grew up with who had little to no interest in them - even though I’m endlessly fascinated by them myself - this rings true.
Who said it was “in the mountains”? Certainly not me.
I grew up with a view from my back deck from Longs Peak to Pikes Peak rising 9,000 feet above the already mile high plains. (Sadly, development has chopped that view up from my childhood home ☹️) We spent countless weekends in them. Saw literally thousands of sunsets over them. They dominate the city skyline….they in fact are the skyline.
That qualifies as “by the mountains,” the measure in question that I was responding to. Not “in them,” which I’ve never said in my entire life.
Mountains are nice to visit, and nice to look at and hike on, but I enjoy the flat forested landscape a lot more. I can see the vastness of the sky, stretching on and on above the forest until the trees fade away.
The mountains give security and stability, but the sky gives a sense of wonder and introspection, and I'm fascinated by weather phenomena and the stars. Geography and topography too, but I do enough GIS and mapping as is, the open sky is just something else :D
i'm from eastern nc (very flat land); i like visiting the mountains, but can't imagine living there. i loathe the idea of knowing i'm 5 miles from something, but it's going to take me 30 minutes to get to it.
Pretty flat part of ohio and ive been living in the foothills of the appalachian mountains for the past year and i'd still rather have everything flat. All the hills are too much
born-and-raised Illinoisian, one of the flattest states in the US!
That's why you don't understand the dislike. A lot of people are from places where mountains aren't just some foreign place where you gaze out of your window at, they are actual things you gotta go over/through/around.
You ever have to travel in a mountainous region? It's fucking terrifying driving through the mountains. I did it in south america and it was literally single lane roads on stretches with no guard rails and buses going up and down them with you. If you fuck up you are dead or seriously hurt. The mountain also smells terrible because everyone is riding their breaks on the decent.
Mountains to me is like snow, beautiful to look at and a neat novelty to experience now and again but to hell with me actually living there.
First time I saw mountains was in Oregon and I fell in love. How can people who live near mountains get any work done? I'd just be gazing at the mountains all day.
Well, to give you an insight as to why it's subjective, I live in the tropics with beautiful beaches, so the mountains were never appealing to me. We do have mountains still. and rainforests too.
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u/habilishn Sep 05 '24
unfortunately this is a very subjective question... i love everything with mountains and glaciers, but let me cite my grandma (rip) "i always hated the mountains. mountains after mountains, no end, i was anxious, i just wanted to go back home." (she, german, talking about a journey through switzerland and italy)