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Old 05-16-2008, 07:02 PM
 
Location: Kaufman County, Texas
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I tend to like places with water:
View from Grapevine Lake dam looking west
White Rock Lake as seen from E. Grand near Belle Nora mansion

Cedar Hill really is pretty!
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Old 05-16-2008, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
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North Grand Prairie along N.W. 19th St/Carrier/Sunnyvale/Roy Orr Blvd. and the Nottingham neighborhood. Lots of tall, beautiful, mature trees, some rolling landscape. The Elm Fork of the Trinity River meanders through there. Take a walk thru the newly expanded Mike Lewis Park over by there. Really nice!
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Old 05-17-2008, 02:10 AM
 
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hmmm...a bit of sarcasm doesn't have any hope of sliding past you...does it?
haha, I'm being totally serious! I love Plano, but we do lack pretty, natural areas. Anyone who lives here who is serious about nature goes somewhere else!

I think the same is true for the entire DFW Area though- a lot of people have mentioned pretty places in Dallas (especially White Rock Lake area), but theses areas pale in comparison to the places i'm familiar with in other states/parts of Texas (North Carolina, an area i'm really familiar with, comes to mind).

I'll defend Plano to the death on certain issues, but I know my limits- Plano is good for a lot of things, but "pretty, natural scenery" isn't one of them
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Old 05-17-2008, 10:08 AM
 
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haha, I'm being totally serious! I love Plano, but we do lack pretty, natural areas. Anyone who lives here who is serious about nature goes somewhere else!

I think the same is true for the entire DFW Area though- a lot of people have mentioned pretty places in Dallas (especially White Rock Lake area), but theses areas pale in comparison to the places i'm familiar with in other states/parts of Texas (North Carolina, an area i'm really familiar with, comes to mind).

I'll defend Plano to the death on certain issues, but I know my limits- Plano is good for a lot of things, but "pretty, natural scenery" isn't one of them
Oh, I don't know, unexpected. I think the cross timbers country is as pretty as most of North Carolina, especially the parts where people live. Of course the Smoky mountains are pretty dramatic, but on the other hand, they are very unpopulated, so they are relatively unpopular, for whatever reason.

How beautiful does the Texas Hill Country strike you? How about Palo Duro and Caprock Canyons? How about the Guadalupe mountain? Davis Mountains?

The countryside around Paris, France is not that much different than parts of Texas, terrainwise and biomewise... is it ugly to you?

Bottom line... people don't live in a major metro of 6 million people for the scenery. They live in places like Aspen or Telluride or Ruidoso for the scenery. They live in big cities for what big cities offer. You should see things in perspective.
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Old 05-17-2008, 10:23 AM
 
Location: Garland Texas
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The view of downtown from Oak Cliff.
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Old 05-17-2008, 10:27 AM
 
Location: Dallas: Oak Cliff
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The view of downtown from Oak Cliff.
I especially love the two from the Continental Bridge and Fort Worth Avenue.

The view coming in from Continental because Downtown and Uptown blend into one from that angle.
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Old 05-17-2008, 10:45 AM
 
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How about the view from Rockwall when you enter the I30 bridge over Lake Ray Hubbard? I've always thought that it was pretty dramatic.
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Old 05-17-2008, 12:46 PM
 
Location: The Big D
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How about the view from Rockwall when you enter the I30 bridge over Lake Ray Hubbard? I've always thought that it was pretty dramatic.
Yes, I like that one as well. I'm thrilled that the new restaurants around LRH by Bass Pro all have deck dining. And The Harbor in Rockwall is nice to walk around and enjoy the lake.

Speaking of views to be able to see downtown, I like coming home from Stars hockey games and as you leave the toll plaza on 190 going South if you look over to your right you see nothing but trees and in the distance I see the old InterFirst Bank Building (the green one and yes I'm still partial to calling it by the original name ). Nothing but trees and the taller buildings in the Dallas area are all one can see right there.
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Old 05-17-2008, 06:43 PM
 
Location: Garland Texas
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I especially love the two from the Continental Bridge and Fort Worth Avenue.

The view coming in from Continental because Downtown and Uptown blend into one from that angle.
I know exactly what you are talking about, it is stunning. I know a lot of people avoid Oak Cliff like the plague, but the view coming across the Trinity, wow!
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Old 05-17-2008, 06:58 PM
 
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Oh, I don't know, unexpected. I think the cross timbers country is as pretty as most of North Carolina, especially the parts where people live. Of course the Smoky mountains are pretty dramatic, but on the other hand, they are very unpopulated, so they are relatively unpopular, for whatever reason.

How beautiful does the Texas Hill Country strike you? How about Palo Duro and Caprock Canyons? How about the Guadalupe mountain? Davis Mountains?

The countryside around Paris, France is not that much different than parts of Texas, terrainwise and biomewise... is it ugly to you?

Bottom line... people don't live in a major metro of 6 million people for the scenery. They live in places like Aspen or Telluride or Ruidoso for the scenery. They live in big cities for what big cities offer. You should see things in perspective.
Hey people live here in CA for the scenery.... hey New York if you took away all the buildings.. ain't impressive either.
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