Better place to live?? Dallas metro or Houston metro? (Irving: subdivisions, town)

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Scarface713

The trees and all of the other amenities they have in The Woodlands is what attracts everybody. The mall, waterway, town center, the Pavilion, Children's Museum, etc. There is a lot up there in The Woodlands. More than what is in Sugar Land's Town Center area, in my opinion. The trees are just the icing on the cake.

Yeah...Sugar Land's "trees" are about like what you would find in North Texas (scrub brush on the outskirts of town & scrawny planted sticks in the newer sub-divisions) with the addition of tropical foliage of course since its Houston & on the Gulf Coast. Sugar Land is not exactly one of Houston's greener areas.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by slo1318

The Woodlands may be one of those, but there are suburbs just like it throughout the US and even DFW

Maybe around Atlanta Metro, but not in D/FW...sorry man.

North Texas' trees are a joke compared to Southeast Texas'.

Everytime I'm in Dallas or Fort Worth it reminds me of why I don't ever wanna live there again.

I've got a sweetgum tree in my backyard here in Tyler that's taller than anything I've EVER seen in North Texas. Its around 70-80 feet tall, but then again this is East Texas.

Tyler is more like Houston in that regard than Dallas.

[slo1318]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Maybe around Atlanta Metro, but not in D/FW...sorry man.

North Texas' trees are a joke compared to Southeast Texas'.

Everytime I'm in Dallas or Fort Worth it reminds me of why I don't ever wanna live there again.

I've got a sweetgum tree in my backyard here in Tyler that's taller than anything I've EVER seen in North Texas. Its around 70-80 feet tall, but then again this is East Texas.

Tyler is more like Houston in that regard than Dallas.

I dont disagree with the tree thing in general, but in the older neighborhoods of Dallas and FW and certain rural locales depending on soil condition you can have very significant treed areas.

[AlGreen]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Yeah...Sugar Land's "trees" are about like what you would find in North Texas (scrub brush on the outskirts of town & scrawny planted sticks in the newer sub-divisions) with the addition of tropical foliage of course since its Houston & on the Gulf Coast. Sugar Land is not exactly one of Houston's greener areas.

sugar land may not be as lush as the northern suburbs, but to suggest that it isn't green just isn't true. there's plenty of trees out there, especially compared to the rest of texas. my last visit to first colony, i was even astonished by how much fall color there was. it was windy and there were leaves blowing all over the place

can't remember if the street name is lexington or not, but one of those main roads thru the area is lined with beautiful oaks that form a canopy over the street, similar to the rice univ area. are you sure you've been to sugar land?

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by AlGreen

sugar land may not be as lush as the northern suburbs, but to suggest that it isn't green just isn't true. there's plenty of trees out there, especially compared to the rest of texas. my last visit to first colony, i was even astonished by how much fall color there was. it was windy and there were leaves blowing all over the place

can't remember if the street name is lexington or not, but one of those main roads thru the area is lined with beautiful oaks that form a canopy over the street, similar to the rice univ area. are you sure you've been to sugar land?

Highway 6 through most of Houston is the same way, but the trees in Sugar Land are no different than the older areas of South Katy. I think Metro Matt is referring to naturally forested areas like The Woodlands.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by AlGreen

sugar land may not be as lush as the northern suburbs, but to suggest that it isn't green just isn't true. there's plenty of trees out there, especially compared to the rest of texas. my last visit to first colony, i was even astonished by how much fall color there was. it was windy and there were leaves blowing all over the place

can't remember if the street name is lexington or not, but one of those main roads thru the area is lined with beautiful oaks that form a canopy over the street, similar to the rice univ area. are you sure you've been to sugar land?

I know the area you're talking about, but that doesn't represent the majority of Sugar Land or any other of Houston's southern suburbs.

The Woodlands is forested throughout the entire city, even on the sides of the freeways. Northern Houston as a whole is fairly forested (considering its the 4th largest city) starting just to the north of downtown gradually all the way to Conroe & beyond where it becomes a thicket.

[Dallaz]

North Texas has trees, but the trees are not very tall. You have to remember that North Texas is mostly prairie land, you will not see huge pine trees all over the area.

The only really forested area in Dallas is the Great Trinity Forest. The trees in that area are a decent height.

[HtownLove]

The Great Trinity Forest conjures up such images of Grandeur.

[Dallaz]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

The Great Trinity Forest conjures up such images of Grandeur.

Yeah, It does.......but it isn't. I passed through the Great Trinity Forest today. The forest looks completely dead. Loop 12 passes through the area (Now Great Trinity Forest Way).

[Dallaz]

Here's the road through the Great Trinity Forest on google maps. Great Trinity Forest Way(Loop 12)

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