My new home is dominated by a significant mountain range. It is visible from most points in the region. Aside from being beautiful, and having fascinating interactions with the sky and the weather, they provide a sense of order to the space.
In my previous region, there were two main providers of this order - a large, dominant river, and its tributaries, and an unusually tall set of buildings in the downtown of a big city, which could be seen for many miles away in most directions.
Sometimes this type of feature can lead to confusion. I spent my college years on the side of a highly curved mountain range, so while it did give me a sense of direction locally, it meant that whenever I traveled farther away, I felt disoriented when trying to fit that sense into the larger frame of reference.
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