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Lol @ you saying it's not Atlanta. According to Wikipedia, Atlanta wins by far with the second contender being HOUSTON. Portland doesn't even make the list. Boston is on there, and Seattle doesn't even make the national average.
So looks like it's Atlanta case closed. Just because there's a mountain covered in trees doesn't mean there's more trees everywhere. Atlanta is a city built in low mountains. Drive on I-20: it feels like you are in the countryside, then downtown ,and then back in the countryside. Not a real suburban feel.
Actually it's the opposite besides very few cities, most American cities don't have a dense forest canopy surrounding their skyline like that, But
Boston does as well but there are not as many trees within the city limits as the city's far denser than Atlanta. Streets are generally tree lined outside the center.
I said what. A. Joke. I don't see anything convincing there. You can shoot a photo from that altitude to mask houses with the surrounding trees in any major urban area in the country (with the exception of Phoenix and Albuquerque) and produce that same exact effect.
So is this video showing the same effect as you claim the photos are?
Boston does as well but there are not as many trees within the city limits as the city's far denser than Atlanta. Streets are generally tree lined outside the center.
I would suspect that most cities in the East have a large amount of tree cover
though the more densly developed ones have removed them but basically all of the esat coast would be naturally tree lush
The east coast is very well treed. I remember when I use to fly from London to New York City I was always surprised by how much tree cover there was landing into NYC (looking at outer boroughs, but still) in comparison to London (look at rowhouses in streetview both cities and you notice less trees in London as well as San Francisco). Of course there's less need for trees and shade in Northern Europe and San Francisco as there's little summer heat.There's a feeling get in the Northeast that if you didn't care of your property, the vegetation would come in and cart your house away...
The World without Us imagines would happen to NYC (and the rest of the world) if humans suddenly vanished.
I guess it's tough for people who only see pictures of Atlanta or visit downtown then leave to understand the trees thing.
Trees in Atlanta grow like weeds. If you leave a plot of land sitting there for just a few years, it will start to have very dense growth of shrubs and trees. Trees will take over anything that isn't maintained; old houses and parking lots will relatively quickly be overgrown with trees if no one looks after them.
In many neighborhoods, the trees can be a nuisance. They destroy sidewalks and retaining walls. Bird droppings are a major problem. Neighbors squabble over tree removal costs when they die. Branches fall and destroy cars and roofs--fairly regularly.
Trees are just a completely integral part of Atlanta's urban fabric, growing on every little patch of land they can find.
Trees in Atlanta grow like weeds. If you leave a plot of land sitting there for just a few years, it will start to have very dense growth of shrubs and trees. Trees will take over anything that isn't maintained; old houses and parking lots will relatively quickly be overgrown with trees if no one looks after them.
I think that's true of the whole east coast, but maybe more so in the south.
I think that's true of the whole east coast, but maybe more so in the south.
It is more so in the American South, but this phenomenon is particular strong in the Piedmont Region and Atlanta.
It's a unique combo of climate, precipitation, and elevation that cause this heavy, quick tree+forest growth effect (with the corresponding urban forest, city in a forest).
I guess it's tough for people who only see pictures of Atlanta or visit downtown then leave to understand the trees thing.
Trees in Atlanta grow like weeds. If you leave a plot of land sitting there for just a few years, it will start to have very dense growth of shrubs and trees. Trees will take over anything that isn't maintained; old houses and parking lots will relatively quickly be overgrown with trees if no one looks after them.
In many neighborhoods, the trees can be a nuisance. They destroy sidewalks and retaining walls. Bird droppings are a major problem. Neighbors squabble over tree removal costs when they die. Branches fall and destroy cars and roofs--fairly regularly.
Trees are just a completely integral part of Atlanta's urban fabric, growing on every little patch of land they can find.
This.
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