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Old 05-17-2012, 11:19 PM
 
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Portland, followed by Boston and Seattle. Portland's an easy winner, however, because Forest Park is essentially a tree-covered mountain that's right downtown. No other U.S. city has something like this.

Oh, an lol @ people saying it's Atlanta. What a joke.
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Old 05-18-2012, 12:19 AM
 
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Portland, followed by Boston and Seattle. Portland's an easy winner, however, because Forest Park is essentially a tree-covered mountain that's right downtown. No other U.S. city has something like this.

Oh, an lol @ people saying it's Atlanta. What a joke.
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Old 05-18-2012, 01:12 AM
 
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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.
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Old 05-18-2012, 01:36 AM
 
Location: Franklin, TN
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I don't know if it's the most, but Nashville has to be in the running when it comes to pure quantity because the city covers 475 square miles and probably 1/4 of that is pure forest.
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Old 05-18-2012, 05:22 AM
 
Location: Bentonville, AR
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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.
Regardless of your personal feelings abouy atlanta, which are clearly showing through, the facts are Atlanta is a very forested city. This is a thread about trees. Nothing more. Clearly you have never visited Atlanta.
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Old 05-18-2012, 05:50 AM
 
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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.
Atlanta tree canopy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's a photo trick or is?


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/...af2814c8_o.jpg


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 I'm fascinate to why you feel to even nominate Atlanta in this topic is a joke.

The only way to see Atlanta in a half an hour- Prestige Helicopter downtown tour - YouTube



This is common, notice the homes are very close on the street, A lot of Atlanta's core is unusually green compare to most Americans cities. Actually the trees really are masking the houses in a lot in town neighborhoods because the forest canopy is taller. This is why Atlanta skyline look like it pops up from no where.


http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...i/100_1281.jpg


http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7...anta058zw4.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/...708be50e_o.jpg


http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8...anta086bm1.jpg


http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7...anta103wq7.jpg

Last edited by JMT; 05-18-2012 at 05:58 AM.. Reason: Too many images
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Old 05-18-2012, 06:07 AM
 
Location: Sunbelt
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Portland, followed by Boston and Seattle. Portland's an easy winner, however, because Forest Park is essentially a tree-covered mountain that's right downtown. No other U.S. city has something like this.

Oh, an lol @ people saying it's Atlanta. What a joke.
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.
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Old 05-18-2012, 06:44 AM
 
Location: Denver/Atlanta
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Portland, followed by Boston and Seattle. Portland's an easy winner, however, because Forest Park is essentially a tree-covered mountain that's right downtown. No other U.S. city has something like this.

Oh, an lol @ people saying it's Atlanta. What a joke.
It is Atlanta. I'm guessing you've never Been there. It's pretty hard to deny it considering a few posters have proven you wrong.
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Old 05-18-2012, 06:46 AM
 
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Regardless of your personal feelings abouy atlanta, which are clearly showing through, the facts are Atlanta is a very forested city. This is a thread about trees. Nothing more. Clearly you have never visited Atlanta.
Amen.
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Old 05-18-2012, 06:48 AM
 
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Atlanta tree canopy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's a photo trick or is?


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/...af2814c8_o.jpg


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 I'm fascinate to why you feel to even nominate Atlanta in this topic is a joke.

The only way to see Atlanta in a half an hour- Prestige Helicopter downtown tour - YouTube



This is common, notice the homes are very close on the street, A lot of Atlanta's core is unusually green compare to most Americans cities. Actually the trees really are masking the houses in a lot in town neighborhoods because the forest canopy is taller. This is why Atlanta skyline look like it pops up from no where.


http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...i/100_1281.jpg


http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/7...anta058zw4.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/...708be50e_o.jpg


http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8...anta086bm1.jpg


http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7...anta103wq7.jpg
Perfect post.
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