Dallas vs. Atlanta (live, better, largest, crime)

[justme02]

In a debate between MARTA and DART Rail lines before we came up with the following compromise:

MARTA will take more people few places and DART will take less people more places.

[cordtwo]

Originally Posted by AlGreen

dallas does not have as many trees as atlanta, but there are parts of texas that do

I kinda agree but disagree. I know that you are probably talking about East texas when you first cross over on I20 or I30.. they do have a lot of trees there but the main thing is look at how many trees that covers Atlanta. Now thats a whole lot of trees. As matter of fact look at all the trees in the state of Georgia period. If you drove I20 from Alabama to South Carolina you are in between trees the whole way. The same for I75 from tennessee to Florida. Some parts of 75 in south Georgia go through plains and farms but the majority of it is between trees.. I85 is covered with trees from Alabama to south carolina.. Now Dallas and Fort worth offer more trees than a lot of people know or willing to accept but the whole state of Texas does not offer as many trees as georgia which is not a bad thing because if I had to move from Atlanta today Texas would be my second home. But really once you get west of fort worth and west of Houston headed towards el paso, the trees begins to thin out which to me makes Texas cool looking in those parts. trees disappear a catuses appear. lol Georgia has the trees.. but I do like the open plains in Texas and how you can see downtown Dallas from 30 miles out..

[RudeBoy21]

Originally Posted by LAnative10

In a debate between MARTA and DART Rail lines before we came up with the following compromise:

MARTA will take more people few places and DART will take less people more places.

I already said that

[AlGreen]

Originally Posted by cordtwo

I kinda agree but disagree. I know that you are probably talking about East texas when you first cross over on I20 or I30.. they do have a lot of trees there but the main thing is look at how many trees that covers Atlanta. Now thats a whole lot of trees. As matter of fact look at all the trees in the state of Georgia period. If you drove I20 from Alabama to South Carolina you are in between trees the whole way. The same for I75 from tennessee to Florida. Some parts of 75 in south Georgia go through plains and farms but the majority of it is between trees.. I85 is covered with trees from Alabama to south carolina.. Now Dallas and Fort worth offer more trees than a lot of people know or willing to accept but the whole state of Texas does not offer as many trees as georgia which is not a bad thing because if I had to move from Atlanta today Texas would be my second home. But really once you get west of fort worth and west of Houston headed towards el paso, the trees begins to thin out which to me makes Texas cool looking in those parts. trees disappear a catuses appear. lol Georgia has the trees.. but I do like the open plains in Texas and how you can see downtown Dallas from 30 miles out..

that's what im saying though. if there was a big city in east tx it would look like atlanta

[Trae713]

^^I agree. If Tyler and/or Longview were the size of Atlanta, they'd look identical.

Originally Posted by cordtwo

I kinda agree but disagree. I know that you are probably talking about East texas when you first cross over on I20 or I30.. they do have a lot of trees there but the main thing is look at how many trees that covers Atlanta. Now thats a whole lot of trees. As matter of fact look at all the trees in the state of Georgia period. If you drove I20 from Alabama to South Carolina you are in between trees the whole way. The same for I75 from tennessee to Florida. Some parts of 75 in south Georgia go through plains and farms but the majority of it is between trees.. I85 is covered with trees from Alabama to south carolina.. Now Dallas and Fort worth offer more trees than a lot of people know or willing to accept but the whole state of Texas does not offer as many trees as georgia which is not a bad thing because if I had to move from Atlanta today Texas would be my second home. But really once you get west of fort worth and west of Houston headed towards el paso, the trees begins to thin out which to me makes Texas cool looking in those parts. trees disappear a catuses appear. lol Georgia has the trees.. but I do like the open plains in Texas and how you can see downtown Dallas from 30 miles out..

Viewing Dallas' Downtown from those open prairies make it look gigantic.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by cordtwo

I kinda agree but disagree. I know that you are probably talking about East texas when you first cross over on I20 or I30.. they do have a lot of trees there but the main thing is look at how many trees that covers Atlanta. Now thats a whole lot of trees. As matter of fact look at all the trees in the state of Georgia period. If you drove I20 from Alabama to South Carolina you are in between trees the whole way. The same for I75 from tennessee to Florida. Some parts of 75 in south Georgia go through plains and farms but the majority of it is between trees.. I85 is covered with trees from Alabama to south carolina.. Now Dallas and Fort worth offer more trees than a lot of people know or willing to accept but the whole state of Texas does not offer as many trees as georgia which is not a bad thing because if I had to move from Atlanta today Texas would be my second home. But really once you get west of fort worth and west of Houston headed towards el paso, the trees begins to thin out which to me makes Texas cool looking in those parts. trees disappear a catuses appear. lol Georgia has the trees.. but I do like the open plains in Texas and how you can see downtown Dallas from 30 miles out..

Are you talking about variety of trees or trees in general?

Texas has the 2nd largest amount of tree coverage after Alaska; But, I get what your saying.

+1

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by AlGreen

that's what im saying though. if there was a big city in east tx it would look like atlanta

True; we have junior Atlanta here in Texas called.....*drum rolls*......Atlanta, Texas!

Atlanta, Texas (http://www.atlantatexas.org/home/index.asp - broken link)

They also have a similar music scene to Atlanta lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to6Dq2Ocy48

[Galounger]

I don't think that Dallas is completely flat or has no hills but the whole hill and tree debate started because I and others made the point that many people may think Dallas is more dense and urban (and were saying so early on) because the large amount of hills and trees in Atlanta make it feel countrier than it really is in comparison to Dallas. Then many folks from Dallas started the argument that Dallas has lots of hills and trees too. But, there's simply no comparison between Atlanta and Dallas when it comes to this.

This link proves my point.
4508 N westmoreland Rd, dallas TX - Google Maps



No where and I mean NO where in the Atlanta Metro will you find as huge a treeless and mostly hill less expanse of land as what's pictured there.
As a matter of fact, no where in Georgia do I think you will find that much land allowing you to see that far without your view being blocked by hills or trees or both.

This adds to the feel of Atlanta's urban landscape for good or bad (along with it's narrow winding streets). Many parts of Atlanta look and feel like the small rural town I grew up in. That is until you drive a few blocks or less beyond the trees that hinder your view and find blocks of apartments, townhouses, high rise condos and offiice buildings, subway stations and very busy commercial streets.

[cordtwo]

Originally Posted by Galounger

I don't think that Dallas is completely flat or has no hills but the whole hill and tree debate started because I and others made the point that many people may think Dallas is more dense and urban (and were saying so early on) because the large amount of hills and trees in Atlanta make it feel countrier than it really is in comparison to Dallas. Then many folks from Dallas started the argument that Dallas has lots of hills and trees too. But, there's simply no comparison between Atlanta and Dallas when it comes to this.

This link proves my point.
4508 N westmoreland Rd, dallas TX - Google Maps



No where and I mean NO where in the Atlanta Metro will you find as huge a treeless and mostly hill less expanse of land as what's pictured there.
As a matter of fact, no where in Georgia do I think you will find that much land allowing you to see that far without your view being blocked by a hill or trees or both.

This adds to the feel of Atlanta's urban landscape for good or bad (along with it's narrow winding streets). Many parts of Atlanta look and feel like the small rural town I grew up in. That is until you drive a few blocks or less beyond the trees that hinder your view and find blocks of apartments, townhouses, high rise condos and offiice buildings, subway stations and very busy commercial streets.

nice photo

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by Galounger

I don't think that Dallas is completely flat or has no hills but the whole hill and tree debate started because I and others made the point that many people may think Dallas is more dense and urban (and were saying so early on) because the large amount of hills and trees in Atlanta make it feel countrier than it really is in comparison to Dallas. Then many folks from Dallas started the argument that Dallas has lots of hills and trees too. But, there's simply no comparison between Atlanta and Dallas when it comes to this.

This link proves my point.
4508 N westmoreland Rd, dallas TX - Google Maps



No where and I mean NO where in the Atlanta Metro will you find as huge a treeless and mostly hill less expanse of land as what's pictured there.
As a matter of fact, no where in Georgia do I think you will find that much land allowing you to see that far without your view being blocked by hills or trees or both.

This adds to the feel of Atlanta's urban landscape for good or bad (along with it's narrow winding streets). Many parts of Atlanta look and feel like the small rural town I grew up in. That is until you drive a few blocks or less beyond the trees that hinder your view and find blocks of apartments, townhouses, high rise condos and offiice buildings, subway stations and very busy commercial streets.

That's a part of Trinity River though. It's meant to be like that because it floods.