Best METRO AREA for Trees Lovers? (neighborhoods, suburb, residential)

[Dingler]

I do alot of travel by plane and notice from my window seat that many Cities in America do not have many trees. Either they were all cut down when the area developed or the climate does not allow many to exist.

One City that stood out as being basically treeless was Buffalo NY. Yes, there were trees in Parks and outside of town but few large trees in neighborhoods.

Cities that had alot of trees was Portland Oregon especially on the West Side of Town, and Pittsburgh. Also I was shocked how many trees there is in Suburban Areas of NYC especially North.

What Cities have just tons of trees and would be beautiful to visit now that spring has arrived?

[ontheroad]

I would guess you were looking out a foggy window flying over Buffalo, NY. It has lots of green, and one of the most famous parks in the country. Here's a little map of some of the city's parks.

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/maps/olmcu.html (broken link)

[mpope409]

Central Park, New York, New York
Staten Island, New York, New York
Houston, Texas (the greenest of the big four cities)
Chicago, Illinois
Atlanta, Georgia (probably the best of the these, in my opinion)

[Katarina Witt]

DC - some heavily wooded areas outside the city.

Denver, but they don't get as big as back east. Not so much in the newer areas, because all trees have to be planted. Beautiful flowering crabs along Cherry Creek

Omaha - they get big there

[SunnyKayak]

Asheville for the ovious mountain trees that surround. Wilmington has gorgeous established trees esp going down Market st. I love cities like Wilmington where trees line both side of street and the median in middle of road I feel like Im driving thru a forest.

[lammius]

Among larger cities, I was surprised how many trees there are in Boston and surrounding cities. Brookline, Cambridge, Newton, Medford, all have tons of trees!

[ontheroad]

A tree grew in Brooklyn, and it still does. NYC is not without its trees, and the parks are just beautiful including and beyond CPW in Manhattan.

Even little Thompkins Square Park in the East Village has some beautiful and quite unusual trees (10th-7th Street, on Avenue A-D).

[mpope409]

Originally Posted by ontheroad

A tree grew in Brooklyn, and it still does. NYC is not without its trees, and the parks are just beautiful including and beyond CPW in Manhattan.

Even little Thompkins Square Park in the East Village has some beautiful and quite unusual trees (10th-7th Street, on Avenue A-D).

Yeah, I never understood where the idea of New York not having trees came from when there's a park in every borough, trees line the streets of the residential neighborhoods, and Staten Island is practically nothing but green.

[dreamofmonterey]

Originally Posted by mpope409

Yeah, I never understood where the idea of New York not having trees came from when there's a park in every borough, trees line the streets of the residential neighborhoods, and Staten Island is practically nothing but green.

really? Staten Island? Well Nassau County is overdeveloped- Boston is a haven for trees if you compare it to Long Island, NY. Elm trees on LI were all cut down due to Dutch Elm disease.

Boston has the beautiful Commonwealth Avenue with huge trees- I dont think there is anything close to that in metro NY area.

[GraniteStater]

The plains has some trees too!
Prairie Village Kansas, a suburb of KC, has won the Tree City USA award. This established inner ring suburb in the KC metro has huge oak tree lined boulevards. Other prominent tree types include maples, pines, birch, sycamore, ash, and many others.