For SubD meshes.

If you took a 2cm cube and stretched it out on the y axis till it was 200cm.

To leave it like that would be considered bad topology.
Even thou it would work in some app's

If you put a edge loop every 2cm would be consider good topology.

If your Topology flows well then 90% of the time every thing works right.

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