A wooded Texas town? (Dallas, San Antonio: lease, month to, townhouse)

[edujop]

Well I live in Idaho. My FB friend lives in San Antonio. His trees have had leaves on them for a month already, while ours are still bare. I love the idea of living in a place that gets an early spring. March, and April are my least favorite months because it seems to take forever to get warm. I am on a month to month lease, and have been looking for a new place to move. I have 4 cats. I want to give them an interesting place to live. They are outdoor cats. I would like to ideally rent a place with trees in the landscape. I know San Antonio has trees, but it seems to be quite sparse in that regard. I have heard that Dallas does not have a lot of trees, either. The satellite view of Texas shows the Eastern section to be quite green. I am not interested in Southern Texas. I would like to be further North. Longview and Tyler look like possible good choices. Are these "wooded" towns? Ultimately, for myself, and not necessarily my pets, I would like to live in a wooded place with rolling terrain, a place where ravines are common.

[C24L]

what is your budget for rent in your future wooded Texas town?

[supfromthesite]

Yep, anywhere east of I- 35 is a good choice really, I think. Tyler area and east of 45 especially.

[KathrynAragon]

East Texas is very wooded. Tyler has a lot of hardwoods - you get more into pines the further east and south that you go.

What's your housing budget?

[Cd225]

Tyler is a developed city. Inside the city limits, the tree density wouldn’t be all that much different than north or east Dallas. For wooded cities in East Texas you’d have to go smaller. Rusk is one example, but it’s pines.

[edujop]

Originally Posted by C24L

what is your budget for rent in your future wooded Texas town?

I am currently paying 950 a month for rent in Idaho for a two bedroom townhouse. I don't want to go any higher than 950. Thanks.

[edujop]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

East Texas is very wooded. Tyler has a lot of hardwoods - you get more into pines the further east and south that you go.

What's your housing budget?

Thank you! This is exactly the kind of info I needed, but did not know how to articulate it. I do not like pine trees. I have hard woods in mind. I lived for three months in Fayetteville, AR, and it was dense in hard woods. I am surprised Texas has pine trees the further East you go.

[Cd225]

That region is known as the Piney Woods, pretty well known for pines.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piney_Woods

[edujop]

Originally Posted by Cd225

That region is known as the Piney Woods, pretty well known for pines.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piney_Woods

This is great information. I always wondered where the pine trees were versus the hard woods. I have never liked the pine tree landscape and always wanted to avoid it. Now with this information I find there are maps that show the piney woods, not only in Texas, but in the South and Southeast of the U.S.

[Mark Senior]

Yep, Inside the Tyler city limits, there are about 65-70% hardwood, the pines I do like are noticeable. Pines help especially in the winter, when all else is "brown". Hardwood, wooded and NO pines, or very little pines is fairly hard to find. Good luck.

Oh, why have you always wanted to avoid pine trees. Yes, there are negatives but just for me there are more positives. I know to each his/her on. But what is your downside for living where there are more pines? Thanks.