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Billings is situated in a narrow section of the Yellowstone Valley, where the river has cut through a bench, resulting in tall cliffs to the north and south of the city.

 

[amolitor]

The contrast you're looking for is, to me, lost in the greater contrast between near and far. The ordered houses are farther away, the disordered ones nearer. All I see if houses getting smaller in the distance, the ordered/disordered contrast is too weak to stand out.

The trees/no-trees contrast is more potent, but it's really just a "look, dark shapes in an otherwise pale image" thing.

 

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That is a good analysis, amolitor, and explains why I had my doubts on this image.