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Great pics of the Palo Pinto/Possum Kingdom area. I wish I had those pics handy when posters say there's no scenic beauty in the DFW vicinity.
I think people are not considering the diversity of Texas landscapes. Nowhere in the Northeast do you have the diversity you have here. Southern moss covered swamps, sandy coastlines, rolling prairies, the great plains, desert, mountains, rocky canyons, and the Rio Grande Valley which is as tropical as you are going to get in the US outside of the southern tip of Florida.
Great pics of the Palo Pinto/Possum Kingdom area. I wish I had those pics handy when posters say there's no scenic beauty in the DFW vicinity.
I think people are not considering the diversity of Texas landscapes. Nowhere in the Northeast do you have the diversity you have here. Southern moss covered swamps, sandy coastlines, rolling prairies, the great plains, desert, mountains, rocky canyons, and the Rio Grande Valley which is as tropical as you are going to get in the US outside of the southern tip of Florida.
Outside of the desert and tropical scenery, you can find pretty much everything else in the Northeast.
Outside of the desert and tropical scenery, you can find pretty much everything else in the Northeast.
Sorry, but it's blasphemy to claim that the Northeast has prairies and Great Plains. I have a hard time believing it has mossy swamps either, though I'll gladly recant that statement if shown otherwise.
I think, for me, a lot of it is related to my climate preferences. When I see sandy beaches, tropical scenery, or desert I automatically think "hot". And since I absolutely hate hot weather more than anything, it's hard for me to be attracted to those types of landscape.
I think, for me, a lot of it is related to my climate preferences. When I see sandy beaches, tropical scenery, or desert I automatically think "hot". And since I absolutely hate hot weather more than anything, it's hard for me to be attracted to those types of landscape.
That it does, and when the more southern parts of the state get that rare snowfall, it's truly a weird sight to see snow covering palm trees and live oaks.
Places like Vermont and upstate new york are known for their beautiful landscape so its hard to beat. But I think the hill Country which surrounds San Antonio and Austin is up there as far as beauty. East texas is very beautiful as well as parts of West texas. Texas has so many looks to it.
I'm not a cold lover, I'm a heat hater. Actually, most of the Northeast gets too hot for my taste in the summer, too. But the pictures don't usually "look" hot. I also simply don't find brown, arid landscapes visually attractive. They might be interesting, but I don't see those pictures and think, "Wow, I'd really like to be there!"
Places like Vermont and upstate new york are known for their beautiful landscape so its hard to beat. But I think the hill Country which surrounds San Antonio and Austin is up there as far as beauty. East texas is very beautiful as well as parts of West texas. Texas has so many looks to it.
Those are some very nice pics. I think both regions have natural beauty and will say it's a toss up. I would rather live in Texas due do warm weather.
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