Question Scale Selfmade mesh object up, lower mesh vertices. (LOD system)

Hi there! I am working on a terrain generator. Now.. Since it needs performance inprovements, Level of detail is very helpful. My Idea: Scale the overal gameobject up, and remove some vertices. Sound simple.... but isnt..
I think there is a better way to approach this.. eg. by just removing some vertices and make the triangles bigger. thats acctually the same but a solution without scaling. Anyway... maybe somebody can help me please! thanks.

Code (CSharp):

1.     [Range(1, 6)]
2.     public int LevelOfDetail;

Code (CSharp):

1.         float distance = Vector3.Distance(Player.transform.position, this.transform.position);
2.         if (distance > maxLODdistance) distance = maxLODdistance;
3.         int lod = ((int)(distance / (maxLODdistance / 5)));
4.         if (lod < 0) lod = 0;
5.         LevelOfDetail = lod + 1;

Code (CSharp):

1.     public void CreateShape()
2.     {
3.         transform.localScale = new Vector3(LevelOfDetail, 1, LevelOfDetail);
4.         vertices = new Vector3[(X_Size + 1) * (Z_Size + 1)];
5.  
6.         for (int i = 0, z = 0; z <= Z_Size / LevelOfDetail; z++)
7.         {
8.             for (int x = 0; x <= X_Size / LevelOfDetail; x++)
9.             {
10.                 vertices[i] = new Vector3(x, 0, z);
11.                 i++;
12.             }
13.         }
14.  
15.         triangles = new int[X_Size * Z_Size * 6];
16.         int vert = 0;
17.         int tris = 0;
18.         for (int z = 0; z < Z_Size / LevelOfDetail; z++)
19.         {
20.             for (int x = 0; x < X_Size / LevelOfDetail; x++)
21.             {
22.                 triangles[tris + 0] = vert + 0;
23.                 triangles[tris + 1] = vert + X_Size + 1;
24.                 triangles[tris + 2] = vert + 1;
25.                 triangles[tris + 3] = vert + 1;
26.                 triangles[tris + 4] = vert + X_Size + 1;
27.                 triangles[tris + 5] = vert + X_Size + 2;
28.                 vert++;
29.                 tris += 6;
30.             }
31.             vert++;
32.         }
33.     }

 

Acctually.. I somehow made it! Nothing to see here but for improvements or better ideas, I'll take them! thanks