I've lived in FL (#1) and IL (#2). When I moved to central IL, I noticed it wasn't flat as S. FL. On a bike ride it was clear there were up and down slopes that I didn't have growing up.
But in Florida, either city or forest or scrub blocks out the view of the horizon, while in IL there were open plains where sometimes I could see the horizon under distant trees. It made IL feel flatter, even though I knew it wasn't.
That's what I believe.
I've lived in FL (#1) and IL (#2). When I moved to central IL, I noticed it wasn't flat as S. FL. On a bike ride it was clear there were up and down slopes that I didn't have growing up.
But in Florida, either city or forest or scrub blocks out the view of the horizon, while in IL there were open plains where sometimes I could see the horizon under distant trees. It made IL feel flatter, even though I knew it wasn't.