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I think generally speaking the place needs sufficient moisture and forests to have good Fall colors. Hills or mountains also tend to help.
I currently live in the Great Plains and, for the most part, I do not think it's a good place to see Autumn/Fall colors. It certainly gets cold and there are some maples, but it all feels sort-of straggly to me. Maybe I'm just biased, but I don't think the Plains are known for Fall colors. (I imagine some irate Kansan or Dakotan will try to correct me, but so far I don't think we have had anyone from the Plains pick their state.)
I think generally speaking the place needs sufficient moisture and forests to have good Fall colors. Hills or mountains also tend to help.
I currently live in the Great Plains and, for the most part, I do not think it's a good place to see Autumn/Fall colors. It certainly gets cold and there are some maples, but it all feels sort-of straggly to me. Maybe I'm just biased, but I don't think the Plains are known for Fall colors. (I imagine some irate Kansan or Dakotan will try to correct me, but so far I don't think we have had anyone from the Plains pick their state.)
You're not being biased. You are correct. Of course there are exceptions to every rule so I'm sure there are some good places in the Great Plains but for the most part the Great Plains has very few trees. If you have very few trees then it's kind of hard to have fall color. In east and central TX there are plenty of trees around but the problem is it doesn't get cold fast enough in the fall. For great fall color you need a place with a variety of trees, a lot of trees and it needs to get down into the 30s and 40s at night early in the fall. The upper midwest, the northeast and up in the mountains has very good fall color.
With a very diverse array of Autumn colors, St. Louis really looks like a beautifully picturesque postcard in the Fall.
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St. Louis is not even in the same league as the Husdon River Valley and New England when i comes to fall foilage
Did I imply that St. Louis looks better then New England in the Fall? No.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the thread say not include New England cities anyway. Hmm, I think it does.
The Appalachians and Rockies rival anything found in New England. Also, much of the South has fall color...it just comes later than New England.
This is what I said on one of my earlier posts. The mountains have good fall color. Since they have higher elevation they cool off quicker than the surrounding area which in turn produces good fall foliage.
It's not just New England that has good fall foliage. I've seen some good fall foliage in TN and KY.
A lot of New Englanders are arrogant and seem to think their foliage is superior. Yes, New England foliage is nice while it lasts. But the trees in New England are bare by Thanksgiving and don't have leaves again until the beginning of May. What good is the brief period of foliage if the trees will be ugly and bare for almost half the year?
What do you people think about Spring foliage (blooming of trees in the Spring)? I think it looks even better than fall foliage.
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