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View Poll Results: How big/small do the following metros feel?
ATL feels about its size 6 4.65%
ATL feels bigger 20 15.50%
ATL feels smaller 18 13.95%
DFW feels about its size 1 0.78%
DFW feels bigger 32 24.81%
DFW feels smaller 9 6.98%
Houston feels about its size 6 4.65%
Houston feels bigger 31 24.03%
Houston feels smaller 6 4.65%
Voters: 129. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-18-2011, 12:49 AM
 
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Check this Fort Worth night tour out... Those endless feeders roads are there along I 35...Plus it gives a more accurate view than Metro-Matt one shot photos


YouTube - Fort Worth Texas Night Tour

 
Old 04-18-2011, 07:05 AM
 
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I looked at most of those videos of DFW, and from what I had seen, north of Dallas seemed huge.
 
Old 04-18-2011, 07:07 AM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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Talk about looking huge:

 
Old 04-18-2011, 07:43 AM
 
Location: America
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I don't have a problem with the country wide open space look...DFW sits on a prairie/rolling hill terrain what do you expect? During the night time hours DFW lite up is really cool.
I don't have a problem with it either, kdogg. In fact, it's part of the reason why DFW looks more tidy and organized than the Houston area. Atlanta is very similar with a lot of country looking places outside of the core. Only difference is the trees are much taller.

But before Houstonians run off with themselves, Houston does have several country feeling parts as well. Especially on the northeast side. In some areas driving to Humble or Atascocita, you wouldn't know that weren't driving thru some red neck town in East Texas.
 
Old 04-18-2011, 07:53 AM
 
Location: America
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Talk about looking huge:

Night time is the perfect time to explore Houston on the freeways, in my opinion. It's dark so all you see is tall buildings everywhere and lights, lights, lights. It's so much fun.

For those few hours without sunlight, Houston doesn't look so cruddy.
 
Old 04-18-2011, 04:17 PM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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My bad.

It looks just like part of Southern Dallas near the Trinity "forest".

What people consider as trees in North Texas we call over grown bushes here in East Texas.
Why do you always compare North Texas to East Texas? No one cares about EAST TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's the definition of forest.

Forest-a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.

That describes the Great Trinity Forest. The height of the trees has nothing to do with it.
 
Old 04-18-2011, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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The City of Dallas extends south of I-20 & parts of it still look very countryish, open land with cattle grazing & little in the way of modern development with your occasional liquor store or fireworks stand off the side of the interstate.
That part of Southern Dallas County isn't apart of Dallas.
 
Old 04-18-2011, 04:22 PM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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Leave it to Metro Matt to point that out. I thought the city of Dallas didn't have any available land to grow? I know there is land in Southern sector of Dallas into Hutchins that is suppose to house the Logistic Hub.
Dallas has a lot of land to grow on.

6 years ago Dallas was only using 247.5 sq mi of land.
 
Old 04-18-2011, 04:41 PM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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Here's the Great Trinity Forest in Dallas


YouTube - McCommas Bluff Trinity River Dallas Texas


YouTube - Texas Buckeye Trail Great Trinity Forest Dallas Texas


YouTube - The Great Trinity Forest and Groundwork Dallas
 
Old 04-18-2011, 04:52 PM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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Can we consider the Houston Arboretum a forest? FYI there are hills in there


http://www.freethingshouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mgf6.jpg (broken link)







Thar be all sorts a wild things in thar.



saw a huge armadillo in there once too
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