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Some people have mentioned Seattle, but I don't think it belongs on this list, yes Seattle has a lot of trees, and many of them are quite large, but the don't create huge canopies like they do in the southern cities, there are a few streets that have something similar, but most neighborhoods don't have trees with huge canopies that block out the sky which in a way is actually a good thing considering that our summers are mild, and winters are dark and gloomy.
Definitely Houston, with it's rainy climate that is somewhat tropical except from about November through March, when in a normal winter it can get fairly cool (not much this winter, though).
Much of the city is built in naturally pine forested terrain (the northern half). The southern half is much more coastal looking, with fewer trees (looks like coastal Florida), although there are lots of palms in the southern half of the city. But there are pockets of woodlands even in the southern half. The suburbs in the west part of the metro (like Katy) were built largely in old rice fields and on farms, so it took years for the neighborhoods to have a lot of grown trees. In the central city, when you're up in a building and looking out, all you can see are trees everywhere.
Unless there's a hard freeze, you can see flowers and greenery around the city even during mid-winter. The city and residents are heavy into landscaping compared to many other American cities.
Visitors who are driven through the forested neighborhoods of the northern half of the Houston metro are uniformly shocked at what they see, having spent their lives thinking of Texas stereotypes that characterize west Texas but not rainy east Texas.
Definitely Houston, with it's rainy climate that is somewhat tropical except from about November through March, when in a normal winter it can get fairly cool (not much this winter, though).
Much of the city is built in naturally pine forested terrain (the northern half). The southern half is much more coastal looking, with fewer trees (looks like coastal Florida), although there are lots of palms in the southern half of the city. But there are pockets of woodlands even in the southern half. The suburbs in the west part of the metro (like Katy) were built largely in old rice fields and on farms, so it took years for the neighborhoods to have a lot of grown trees. In the central city, when you're up in a building and looking out, all you can see are trees everywhere.
Unless there's a hard freeze, you can see flowers and greenery around the city even during mid-winter. The city and residents are heavy into landscaping compared to many other American cities.
Visitors who are driven through the forested neighborhoods of the northern half of the Houston metro are uniformly shocked at what they see, having spent their lives thinking of Texas stereotypes that characterize west Texas but not rainy east Texas.
Except downtown Houston could do much better in presenting itself as a lush more sub-tropical climate. Only by the Aquarium do you see a hint of what could be? Far more suburban areas present a lush environment. But depends on the neighborhood too if more Northern looking or a bit tropical?
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