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That list doesn't even have Seattle or Houston on it.
While it is surprising that Houston and Seattle aren't on this list perhaps they lack the amount of trees within their city limit. After all this is just one list I'm sure there are more that feature Houston/Seattle. Another thing about Houston is sure it's northern suburbs are heavily forested but that isn't the case uniformly throughout the metro the way it is in say Atlanta.
Here is a graph of the tree canopy's of certain cities in the U.S., not surprisingly Atlanta is number one but Austin is number six in the country. So yeah Austin's tree canopy is not quite on the same level as Atlanta but Austin is just outside the top five. So this notion that Austin is some treeless prairie is simply not true. https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1554...7f87c288_b.jpg
I love that Dallas ranks highly well. The “no trees” comments often seen on here is just false.
Just to elaborate on this a bit. Here are a couple of videos to compare the hillier cities. I think all of these cities are beautiful in their own regards and it just comes down to personal preference.
This first video of Austin covers east, southeast, central, north, and west Austin and all areas are completely covered in trees. Certain people in this thread literally has no idea what they are talking about. There are areas 30 miles outside of Austin in Georgetown and Kyle that do have some prairielands and deforestation due to suburban developments, but still have consistent tree cover throughout. The area surrounding the airport also has less trees due to surrounding agriculture, but still have consistent tree cover throughout.
Read the link and it doesn't look like they explain their methodology or maybe I'm missing something. I'm having a hard time believing cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco are more forested than Nashville, Birmingham, Raleigh, Cincinnati, Louisville etc. The only trees I've seen in New York are in Central Park and outer boroughs like Queens and Staten Island. Heck, I thought Philly was more forested than New York. Chicago has trees but not the abundance you find in most southern cities and other midwestern cities, not a city I would classify as heavily forested.
Seems like they randomly pulled some city names from a hat and made a graph.
Read the link and it doesn't look like they explain their methodology or maybe I'm missing something. I'm having a hard time believing cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco are more forested than Nashville, Birmingham, Raleigh, Cincinnati, Louisville etc. The only trees I've seen in New York are in Central Park and outer boroughs like Queens and Staten Island. Heck, I thought Philly was more forested than New York. Chicago has trees but not the abundance you find in most southern cities and other midwestern cities, not a city I would classify as heavily forested.
Yep. Whoever says New York, Chicago, and San Francisco are more forested are smoking copious amounts of crack.
I love that Dallas ranks highly well. The “no trees” comments often seen on here is just false.
What I personally find odd is that Dallas technically has more forest cover than Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, but you never get these kind of comments for those cities.
This first video of Austin covers east, southeast, central, north, and west Austin and all areas are completely covered in trees. Certain people in this thread literally has no idea what they are talking about. There are areas 30 miles outside of Austin in Georgetown and Kyle that do have some prairielands and deforestation due to suburban developments, but still have consistent tree cover throughout. The area surrounding the airport also has less trees due to surrounding agriculture, but still have consistent tree cover throughout.
No it doesnt. I was just in Austin twice this past winter. Unless a whole bunch of trees sprouted since then, there is not "consistent trees throughout" by the airport, Manor, Kyle, etc. It is a noticeable difference if you come from an actual area with a lot of trees. Also the trees are definitely hodge-podge and mostly prairie on that side of the Austin metro. There is no denying it.
We all know the city of Austin itself has better tree cover. No one said the city of Austin was treeless and I even said west of 35 Austin has a lot of trees.
While it is surprising that Houston and Seattle aren't on this list perhaps they lack the amount of trees within their city limit. After all this is just one list I'm sure there are more that feature Houston/Seattle. Another thing about Houston is sure it's northern suburbs are heavily forested but that isn't the case uniformly throughout the metro the way it is in say Atlanta.
That is true compared to Atlanta but I’m going to bet it is more uniformly compared to Dallas which is on the list.
That is true compared to Atlanta but I’m going to bet it is more uniformly compared to Dallas which is on the list.
The photo and link posted is just one list. There are several lists, including this one that has Tampa as first (Tampa wasn't on the list Calipolo305 posted): https://www.businessinsider.com/citi...t-trees-2017-2
Coming from an area with lots of trees, I don't get the obsession with trees here. If Hill Country had a ton of trees, it wouldn't be Hill Country.
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