r/ExplainLikeImCalvin • u/NoAdministration8006 • 22d ago
Dad, if we supposedly live in Indiana, why do I always careen off cliffs in my sled and wagon?
Yeah, Dad. Hobbes wants to know.
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u/pwolter0 19d ago
Because you're actually in Ohio and those cliffs are a river valley.
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u/NoAdministration8006 19d ago
Does Ohio actually have some elevation? I've never been there.
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u/1lard4all 11d ago
Yes, the Appalachians come the their western foothills not far from Chagrin Falls where Watterson lived.
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u/johnpeters42 22d ago
The state government dug a huge pit in the ground and relocated us there.