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Old 09-23-2010, 01:04 PM
 
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On the TREE theme. Is it just me or does the DC area kind of in a FOREST area? Seems like viewing google maps, I see beautiful houses among forests and trees and beautiful foilage everywhere.

I just spent some time looking at other random suburbs of other cities...and they seem very flat, lifeless, tree-less even, or just one or two or three in the yard.

Seems like NOVA and MoCo as well, I see trees absolutely everywhere. Anyone else agree with that? Or am I just catching google maps capturing DC suburbs at its best...?
There's a YouTube video of a guy launching a little remote-control airplane with a videocam, and it takes off from a parking lot around Reston Town Center. It's amazing that once it gets in the air, the view is almost all trees as far as the horizon. You'd never think there was traffic congestion or development down there.
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Old 09-23-2010, 01:21 PM
 
Location: Home is where the heart is
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There's a YouTube video of a guy launching a little remote-control airplane with a videocam, and it takes off from a parking lot around Reston Town Center. It's amazing that once it gets in the air, the view is almost all trees as far as the horizon. You'd never think there was traffic congestion or development down there.
Do you have a link? I'd love to see that.
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Old 09-23-2010, 01:28 PM
 
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On the TREE theme. Is it just me or does the DC area kind of in a FOREST area?
Some areas are definitely forests--even though they have a lot of development in them.

You know that photo I posted of the people walking to the shopping plaza in my community? The road they're walking down is Lowes Island Blvd. It may be hard to believe, but there are hundreds of homes right behind those trees.

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Old 09-23-2010, 05:34 PM
 
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Some of the tallest trees could be cell towers disguised as trees. You think I'm kidding?
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Old 09-23-2010, 06:03 PM
 
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Actually, DC is known as being a very tree-rich city. The surrounding cities and counties have been established long enough that there are gobs of mature trees through the neighborhoods. And since it's a long-settled area, the close-in areas were built up enough that tractor-based large-farm style farming (which requires huge tracts of treeless land) never was in use. So, that made it even easier for the trees to fill back in 75, 60 and 50 years ago.
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Old 09-23-2010, 08:11 PM
 
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Actually, DC is known as being a very tree-rich city. The surrounding cities and counties have been established long enough that there are gobs of mature trees through the neighborhoods. And since it's a long-settled area, the close-in areas were built up enough that tractor-based large-farm style farming (which requires huge tracts of treeless land) never was in use. So, that made it even easier for the trees to fill back in 75, 60 and 50 years ago.
Beautiful.

Actually I think I've only seen ONE other region with as many trees - Atlanta's suburbs.

Wonder if there are any statistics on such a thing...
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