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The above scenery is only 2 to 3 miles from downtown Austin and the Texas state capitol building, on the main I-35 thoroughfare into and out of downtown. We are not talking exurbs here but literally minutes from the downtown core. This is actually what Austin looks like for hundreds of thousands of daily commuters. Coming from Seattle, it's hard for me to see how people can frame tall trees as a negative (I-5 around Seattle is flanked by tall cedars for miles and miles and you can see the skyline and the mountains just fine).
Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
I don't think anyone was saying tall trees is a "negative." People are allowed to have a preference. I personally prefer places with less tall trees as well. Of course they're beautiful but something about it feels very monotonous when you're driving around.
The above scenery is only 2 to 3 miles from downtown Austin and the Texas state capitol building, on the main I-35 thoroughfare into and out of downtown. We are not talking exurbs here but literally minutes from the downtown core. This is actually what Austin looks like for hundreds of thousands of daily commuters. Coming from Seattle, it's hard for me to see how people can frame tall trees as a negative (I-5 around Seattle is flanked by tall cedars for miles and miles and you can see the skyline and the mountains just fine).
It's really funny all your streetviews above are in the few hundred feet of highway (mostly bridge span) over the Colorado River. I guess those are the few areas of trees lining the highways that haven't been cut down for big box retail and feeder roads. Kinda makes my point that most of Austin along the highways (in both the city proper and the nearby surrounding burbs) actually look like this:
I don't think anyone was saying tall trees is a "negative." People are allowed to have a preference. I personally prefer places with less tall trees as well. Of course they're beautiful but something about it feels very monotonous when you're driving around.
It's really funny all your streetviews above are in the few hundred feet of highway (mostly bridge span) over the Colorado River. I guess those are the few areas of trees lining the highways that haven't been cut down for big box retail and feeder roads. Kinda makes my point that most of Austin along the highways (in both the city proper and the nearby surrounding burbs) actually look like this:
Most of the praise in this thread has gone to Austin. Yes, West Austin is beautiful but we’re comparing entire metros here and I don’t think the rest of Austin holds up to what Atlanta offers.
Not at all. Most of the posts are "Austin is pretty, but it can't compete with Atlanta. Count them.Understand that Atlanta is one of the darlings here and Austin has quite a group that isn't fond of it.
It's really funny all your streetviews above are in the few hundred feet of highway (mostly bridge span) over the Colorado River. I guess those are the few areas of trees lining the highways that haven't been cut down for big box retail and feeder roads. Kinda makes my point that most of Austin along the highways (in both the city proper and the nearby surrounding burbs) actually look like this:
I don't think these pictures do Atlanta justice. Not a fair comparison to Austin. You can't pick some pretty bland looking pictures of Atlanta to make Austin look good
The way Texas DOT builds freeways with access roads is not the most attractive. That has nothing to do with tree over, though. (Austin is heavily forested throughout the city).
Looks like what we have in Austin. I will say Atlanta is a prettier city but Austin has more variety.
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