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The Baltimore/DC feature the largest consistent areas of USDA Hardiness zone 7-8, making them the mildest in winter of all the cities listed here in the poll. Thus, in addition to the general abundant tree coverage typical of Eastern US cities, they also provide the best opportunities of seen evergreen lush vegetation (albeit cold hardy). So I'll go with these two.
Otherwise, both regions are utterly dead and lifeless during winter. There's probably not a single green tree in sight across the entire Midwest (other than some cold-looking boreal vegetation along the Canadian borders).
Have you ever heard of a Pine Tree? There are quite a lot of them.
In fact they make up the majority of the forests north of along I-90 it’s not just directly along the Canadian Border.
Chicago's tree-canopy and green appearance is along its neighborhood streets where a standard street-grid of green in fronts are where the city can rival others for green and not forest in the city as some do more of.
Chicago has a old moniker of a - City in a Garden and not a city in a forest.
*** Minneapolis though more so would definitely be a Midwest city with the most Natural forest in city and metro. Most of Chicago's Parks had to be more created then full Natural when set aside or fully man-made.
In my experiences in the past with these cities, it seemed areas downwind from the Great Lakes in the snowbelt areas had the most. Therefore I'm going with Buffalo, Rochester, Cleveland and Grand Rapids in this poll.
I'm from CT. Haven't been to Hartford much but I know of Colt park and Goodwin park, but outside of the city there's simsbury mountain and lots of other woodlands around.
I agree with the plurality of voters that it's between Pittsburgh and D.C. In Pittsburgh's case, the view of Mt. Washington from much of the city provides a giant green expanse and forested vibe. It is a city that so wonderfully meshes its urban built environment with the natural and topographical environment. In D.C.'s case, its subtropical climate and more fully distributed greenery gives it a lush vibe. The parks in D.C. tend well landscaped, and almost all city streets are healthily treelined. Notably, there are also wilder parks, such as Rock Creek Park.
I'll have to come back to this one to cast my vote. I am still persuadable.
I don't know. I get why PGH and DC would be getting top votes, especially with hills adding extra drama. In my experience they really aren't more forested than the Northwoods cities, just in arguably prettier settings. I think Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, and MSP should get shout outs for this. Grand Rapids metro sits at the base of the Manistee National Forest, and also lines the very densly vegitated lakeshore. Michigan is really a giant swamp, when you get out of the developed areas it is every bit as forested as Pennsylvania, or the Southeast. The southeastern Michigan cities tend to feel less tree covered, the western cities like Grand Rapids feel much more "foresty". I took this picture a couple years ago from Sunset Ave on the west side of GR, it gives a decent idea of what it's like. Forgive the quality I took it with my phone during a certain filtering phase I went through on instagram.
In my experiences in the past with these cities, it seemed areas downwind from the Great Lakes in the snowbelt areas had the most. Therefore I'm going with Buffalo, Rochester, Cleveland and Grand Rapids in this poll.
Chicago is not very green. DC and Pittsburgh are. St. Louis and Cincinnati are.
If St. Louis and Cincy, then Kansas City too.
I was looking at a map that accompanied an article about Atlanta's urban forest (which tops those of every other US city), and it showed that in the early 1800s, the virgin forest that blanketed the eastern half of the country also ran right up the Missouri River valley.
The Missouri River valley northwest of Kansas City in the fall is as colorful as Pennsylvania or New England are. And Kansas City has that green lattice of boulevards — linear parks that follow the terrain rather than the street grid. And its residential streets, even in many of the lower-income neighborhoods, are as tree-lined as Washington's are.
I'm surprised that, given how popular my hometown appears to be on C-D, more people don't know just how green it is.
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