My road bike is setup with a triple as I am old. When I was younger I rode the same terrain, fairly hilly, with a 52/42 and a 13-28 freewheel. That was pretty much the standard setup almost 40 years ago.
The gear inches of that old setup was 40 to 105. If I run an 46t chainring with an 11-36 11 speed cassette it has a 34-110 range.
The obvious issue is needing climbing gears with lower gear inches. But my 30 year old self would rather run a 1x. The only issue with todays 1x setup might be being able to dump a cassette quickly if needed.
John