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Old 09-20-2010, 08:31 PM
 
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The 2010 Certified Scenic Cities are:

Winning Gold
Flower Mound
Westlake
Georgetown
Belton

Winning Silver
Keller
Sugar Land
Mesquite
Granbury

Winning Bronze
Missouri City
Irving
University Park
Bastrop

Recognized
Horseshoe Bay
South Padre Island


14 Texas Cities to Receive Scenic Cities Awards | The Squawker - a Best of Texas blog
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Old 09-20-2010, 10:41 PM
 
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seriously?
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Old 09-21-2010, 05:29 AM
 
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I don't know how meaningful this award is, but Flo Mo being in the top doesn't surprise me at all. It's a beautiful town.
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Old 09-21-2010, 05:44 AM
 
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Mesquite? Irving?

LOL!
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Old 09-21-2010, 08:49 AM
 
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I've never lived in Irving and don't know the area well enough, but Mesquite does have a lot of large, nice parks and is full of trees. I'm not sure why that's so funny.

I'd like to see how they graded these scenic communities though, because no flat, prairie like North Dallas suburb should have won before the beautiful rolling hills of Cedar Hill/Duncanville/etc.

Plus, I can't imagine any town in central or north Texas being more scenic than far west Texas around the Alpine/Marfa/Marathon area.
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Old 09-21-2010, 08:52 AM
 
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Okay. I just went to the link. It's not about natural scenery but how much you can look like the perfect, family burb. Got it.
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Old 09-21-2010, 03:56 PM
 
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Okay. I just went to the link. It's not about natural scenery but how much you can look like the perfect, family burb. Got it.
I was mistaken at first, too. Turns out they designed a program based on city funding for public spaces. They count strong litter enforcement, street lighting standards, parking lot landscaping, utility line management, and a "budget that supports these programs" among the possible criteria to earn points. Those can make a city desirable to live in, but calling them "scenic" is a stretch.
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Old 09-21-2010, 07:04 PM
 
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I was mistaken at first, too. Turns out they designed a program based on city funding for public spaces. They count strong litter enforcement, street lighting standards, parking lot landscaping, utility line management, and a "budget that supports these programs" among the possible criteria to earn points. Those can make a city desirable to live in, but calling them "scenic" is a stretch.

Some of the towns on this list, particularly Westlake and Flower Mound are definitely "scenic". Westlake in particular was very pretty to me. Both these towns are have integrated themselves very well into the topography they occupy.
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Old 09-21-2010, 07:57 PM
 
Location: North Texas
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I've never lived in Irving and don't know the area well enough, but Mesquite does have a lot of large, nice parks and is full of trees. I'm not sure why that's so funny.

I'd like to see how they graded these scenic communities though, because no flat, prairie like North Dallas suburb should have won before the beautiful rolling hills of Cedar Hill/Duncanville/etc.

Plus, I can't imagine any town in central or north Texas being more scenic than far west Texas around the Alpine/Marfa/Marathon area.
I disagree with their use of the word "scenic." I would not describe most areas of DFW north of the Trinity as "scenic" as they are almost completely flat. Prairies are flat and boring. It's a fact! Sorry!
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Old 09-21-2010, 11:19 PM
 
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Oh, no, I agree. I was just wondering why you were singling out Irving and Mesquite from the entire list of other flat prairie communities.
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