I understand where you are coming from Bryster. It is one of those things I mention to people everytime I see it. Why Flat? We have society asking for us to harmonize with the enviroment but all futurist cities seem to obliterate everything but the bedrock the buildings are placed on. Nature is a thing relogated to "OVER THERE." Hills and mountains in the background, and a lake or river in the foreground. The city is always built between them, always in isolation from the things that drew people to the area hundreds of years before. Every city, town, village on planet Earth is where it is for a reason. Resources, scenery, trade routes, always for a reason. But a lot of futuristic cities seem to be placed for a shot at BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS nomination at the Oscars.