Dallas and fort worth have many trees it is not the desert (Austin: 2009, homes)

[kdogg817]

Ok the dumbiest post I have heard is that the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth have no trees. Folks that is not the case. I will try to explain this the best as I can. Dallas is not the desert. History shows us that both the city of Dallas and Fort Worth were setteled on the banks of the trinty. There are numerous cross timber that run through the city of Fort Worth and Dallas. In other words the areas that was orginally settled inner city Fort Worth and Dallas are the most fertile areas. The northern suburbs are often confused or mistaken as Dallas or Fort Worth. Those areas are where farming etc occured. The great white flight out the inner city to suburbs are genearlly why these false misconception are made because the people with money fled the city and built up the suburbs leaving the inner city to crumble in some areas. Lower income areas took the place of these residents. If you notice areas that are not white dominated or more diverse have more trees. Its crazy but true. The entire inner city loop of Fort Worth are abundant with trees. North of loop 820 trees become sparse. The same thing in Dallas the South Dallas and Oak Cliff regions are abundant with trees the farther north you go trees become sparse.

Downtown Dallas in the distance



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Fort Worth lookin Eastward



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[dixierambler]

Heck, lots of folks think the entire state is a desert, not just DFW. Love the pic from the airplane. There may be a lot of trees, but you can't deny how flat it is!

[Dangerfield]

Originally Posted by dixierambler

There may be a lot of trees, but you can't deny how flat it is!

Texas is definately flat compared to Eastern Tennessee; but just like it's a misperception to say DFW has no trees, it's also one to assume the area is completely flat.

Cedar Hill area - Southern Dallas County

[kdogg817]

I like those pictures out of cedar hill

[dixierambler]

Originally Posted by Dangerfield

...but just like it's a misperception to say DFW has no trees, it's also one to assume the area is completely flat.

Cedar Hill area - Southern Dallas County

Well would you look at that? Gee, I wonder why they call it Cedar Hill? I was commenting on the pic, which looks pretty flat to me, although I think Cedar Hill is just out of camera shot in this pic. I built cabinets for several homes in Cedar Hill in the early '80's, as well as Desoto and Red Oak. That was before I went to work in Arlington and had to drive past Cedar Hill to go to work. It's also a misconception to ass-u-me I think the area is completely flat.

[Metro Matt]

Nobody ever says Dallas-Fort Worth is a "desert", however it does lack the tall, dense, piney green forests found in East/Southeast Texas.

North Texas from Gainsville all the way down to a little past Waco is classified as black soil Prairie Grassland. The vegetation tends to be sparse & of short variety except around the Trinity River & lakes. The farther west of Fort Worth you go it does indeed become more "desert like", same thing with Austin.

Just Google a satellite image of Texas & you can clearly see where the darkest green patches of the state are. It starts to become a much lighter shade of green after Canton.

[dixierambler]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Nobody ever says Dallas-Fort Worth is a "desert"...

There may not be many people on this forum that think DFW is desert, but I can assure you, there are plenty of ill informed people that have never been to Texas that think the entire state is nothing but a big desert.

North Texas from Gainsville all the way down to a little past Waco is classified as black soil Prairie Grassland.

Yup. And I guarantee there are people that will look at you and say, huh? They've never seen black gumbo soil and think all dirt is, or should be, brown (Well, maybe some know about southern red clay). Similarly, many think the only prairies are in the midwest, not in Texas.

The farther west of Fort Worth you go it does indeed become more "desert like", same thing with Austin.

Yup. And this is exactly what many people think all of Texas looks like. Think back to the early western movies and television shows. Almost all of them portray Texas as dry, barren, desert with a few big rocks to hide behind and shoot-em-up. Hollywood did a great disservice to Texas. Entire generations have grown up thinking Hollywood's image of Texas is correct. Just like they think we all wear cowboy boots and hats and have a horse or an oilwell in the back yard.

[aceplace]

I usually tell people that what they hear from others, i.e. hearsay, rumor, etc., only a fool would believe.

And I ask them... "you're not one of those fools, are you?"

[Lakewooder]

Ummm "Cedar" Springs, "Maple" Lawn, Lake"wood", "Green"land Hills, "Forest" Hills, "Oak"Cliff, North"wood", "Oak"Lawn --- get the drift -- DALLAS has trees.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

Ummm "Cedar" Springs, "Maple" Lawn, Lake"wood", "Green"land Hills, "Forest" Hills, "Oak"Cliff, North"wood", "Oak"Lawn --- get the drift -- DALLAS has trees.

Inside of Loop 12 Dallas sure does have trees. Venture beyond 635 & they become less & less. Most of the trees out in the burbs were planted.

My grandfather whom grew up in Dallas on Hall Street near Oaklawn/Cedar Springs/Lemmon Ave. even says it used to be nothing but wide open farm land & rolling prairie around there.