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View Poll Results: If you could live in any of the four, with the same standard of living, which one would you live in?
Dallas 60 22.47%
Houston 86 32.21%
San Antonio 48 17.98%
Austin 59 22.10%
None of the above 14 5.24%
Voters: 267. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-27-2009, 10:34 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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I'd want to cheat on making a choice and have homes in both Houston and Austin.
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:08 AM
 
Location: Texas
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None of the above. I would choose Fort Worth over all of them.
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:58 AM
 
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Fort Worth before any of those other cities. Dallas and Houston are too big. Austin is full of weirdos/Californians, and is entirely too liberal. San Antonio is odd too.
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Old 06-29-2009, 07:43 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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H-Town FTW!!!
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Old 06-29-2009, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Abilene, Texas
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I like San Antonio a lot so that would be tempting, but at this point in my life I would probably live somewhere in the DFW area. I have a lot of close family and a few friends who live in that area, I'm more familiar with it than the other metros, and it would be a reasonable drive back here to Abilene to visit family and friends here.
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Old 06-29-2009, 09:31 PM
 
Location: NE Atlanta Metro
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Houston. It's the greenest if the big four. I like green. Not a fan of the Hilll Country look. Not a fan of lots of concrete ( Dallas except in the Park Cities and around White Rock)

If O&G was centered around the Tyler Texas area, I'd be happy as a clam.
You don't seem to know Dallas' topography very well. Almost the entire southern half of the city contains urban forest.

Topic... Dallas (DFW) all the way.
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Old 06-29-2009, 10:52 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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You don't seem to know Dallas' topography very well. Almost the entire southern half of the city contains urban forest.
An urban forest of short variety. We're talking maybe 20-30 feet tall max, which having grown up in East Texas all of my life that's just considered an overgrown bush, really.
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:45 PM
 
Location: NE Atlanta Metro
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An urban forest of short variety. We're talking maybe 20-30 feet tall max, which having grown up in East Texas all of my life that's just considered an overgrown bush, really.
Uh, OK.

But, my post was aimed to address the fact there are many areas in Dallas outside the Park Cities and White Rock that are wooded & green.

What does tree height and you growing up in East Texas all of your life have to do with anything?
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Old 06-30-2009, 12:03 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Uh, OK.

But, my post was aimed to address the fact there are many areas in Dallas outside the Park Cities and White Rock that are wooded & green.

What does tree height and you growing up in East Texas all of your life have to do with anything?
Its just when ever I hear the words "forest" & "Dallas" they don't quite mesh mmmk?

The wooded areas of Dallas (a much better description) are found near the many waterways & lakes in the area. North Texas predominately sits on what was once wide open, flat to gently rolling prairie with a tree or two scattered here & there. The larger trees you see in inner city Dallas were planted eons ago. I'm sure in 100 years or more Frisco will have real tree lined streets too!
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Old 06-30-2009, 12:44 AM
 
Location: NE Atlanta Metro
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Its just when ever I hear the words "forest" & "Dallas" they don't quite mesh mmmk?

The wooded areas of Dallas (a much better description) are found near the many waterways & lakes in the area. North Texas predominately sits on what was once wide open, flat to gently rolling prairie with a tree or two scattered here & there. The larger trees you see in inner city Dallas were planted eons ago. I'm sure in 100 years or more Frisco will have real tree lined streets too!
That is not accurate information.

The virgin land early Dallas was established on was heavily forested but cleared by settlers for construction and agricultural purposes. In the 1950's as Dallas transitioned from agriculture to urban, the Trinity River was once again allowed to run its natural course and began replanting hardwoods within the floodplain. Hence, the creation of the Great Trinity Forest.

Yes, the larger trees we see in Dallas today were planted eons ago by the natural Trinity River flood cycle.
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