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In a 90-mile span from Tampa you have loads and loads of theme parks (disney world,etc.,etc.) and you have all the pro sports (nba-magic,nhl-lighting,nfl-bucs,mlb-rays) and you get an extra hour of nightlife in Tampa/st. pete...with orlando and tampa only being 90 miles apart (which is nothing) I think central florida has more to offer than houston..
Yes I'm in orlando. and That is what I'm looking for. More Urban , more diverse, and more of a world class city feel to it. Houston comes off as Vibrant but you know I wanted others input. And THE NASA thing is important, growing up with the space coast !
Well Houston is considered "America's Space City". Its the city's official nickname & has been ever since manned space flight first began.
Oh yes, plenty of palms in the New Orleans area. Not as many in Houston I don't think, but I've never seen any in the Dallas area. Not that far north.
Houston has palm trees all over the place man! Just about every nursery in the area carries them & there are even a few palm tree farms in Southeast Texas that grow them.
Some of the palms in the historic areas of Houston are quite old...like between 50-100 years old.
There are only two native species of palm to Texas. Those are the Texas Sabal of South Texas found growing along the Gulf Coast & Dwarf Palmetto of Eastern Texas found growing wild beneath the Piney Woods.
Palm trees in the Dallas area are a fairly recent fad though the Dwarf Palmetto does grow wild in an isolated area of Southern Dallas County. Only the cold hardiest of palms will grow in Dallas. For example you can't successfully grow a Queen without it getting severely leaf burnt in the winter time & more than likely killing it. Micro climates do exist however.
I personally am in the process of planting over 20 Queens, Pindos, Euros, Dates, & Dwarfs in my back yard out by the pool. I did have just a 12 ft. tall Mexican Fan that did not survive last years bitterly cold winter so I had to cut it down.
Last edited by Metro Matt; 07-07-2011 at 11:41 PM..
Tampa is underrated, but then again, so is Houston. You guys should go check out Elements of Urbanism:Tampa on a Jacksonvillle Blog site. They should also have Elements of Urbanism Houston.
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