What are the greenist Bos-Wash cities? (better, map, compare, America)

[BigCityDreamer]

I haven't thought of this much until now. It seems to me that DC and Boston are noticeably greener, in terms of overall distribution of trees in residential areas particularly, than Baltimore, NYC and Philly. However, Philly does seem to have concentrations of greener areas.

What do you think?

[kidphilly]

not sure

saw this recently, not sure how it would compare

Dear Philly Tree Canopy: You Can Get Bigger

[2e1m5a]

I've once heard someone say that Fairmount Park is not in Philadelphia, Philadelphia is in Fairmount Park. Probably not technically true but it implies how massive the park really is and how every neighborhood in the city has access to it. There are residential areas in Philly with few trees but many streets are lined with 100+ year old trees. The Northwest part of the city especially is heavily forested.

I was going to put Boston and DC last because they are such small areas and pretty much urban throughout. Of course there are parks and trees but I wouldn't think to the extent of Philly, NYC or even Baltimore.

[Cliff Clavin]

I'd have to image the carbon footprint of the avg NYer is pretty small.

[Toure]

Philadelphia does have many many parks. But also theres trees everywhere. Its really green. We even have the tallest environmentally green building in the USA(Comcast center).

[pgm123]

NE Philly's not all that green, though.

[LINative]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

I haven't thought of this much until now. It seems to me that DC and Boston are noticeably greener, in terms of overall distribution of trees in residential areas particularly, than Baltimore, NYC and Philly. However, Philly does seem to have concentrations of greener areas.

What do you think?

Top 85 most populous cities in America with % of land devoted to parkland ..... • Acres of parkland as percentage of city area in the U.S. 2010 | Statistic

Two of our Bos- Wash cities are there. One of them, Washington DC, is not really suprising when you think about it. Take a look at a map and compare Washington DC to Philadelphia.

But the winner is.... suprise! NYC with 19.5% or almost 1/5 of the city in parkland. And it still growing. The new Brooklyn Bridge Park (at 85 acres almost twice the size of Boston Common) Brooklyn Bridge Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , several smaller shoreline parks in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, and the large Fresh Kills park under construction Freshkills Park : NYC Parks at over 2,000 acres.

[pgm123]

If you're going by parks, this is a better measure, imo:
ParkScore

It counts park land and a number of other factors (access, spending on parks, etc.).

New York has the highest percentage of park land, but none of them are bad (Boston is at 15.8% and Philly is at 13%).

[Trimac20]

Boston seemed really green and full of parkland and gardens.

[BKmachine]

DC and its not even close. The whole city looks and feela like a rainforest, mainly because of the humidity and the fact DC was built on a swamp.