Tyler, Texas - Would you live here? (Dallas, Austin: sale, legally)

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

Being from eastern Texas and living in Atlanta, the biggest difference I noticed between the two areas is that, in Georgia, many developments/neighborhoods are built into the forest vs. carving developments out of forests like they do in Texas. They also have more elaborate landscaping to where tall trees even line the curbs of streets, and they've had much less clearing for farm land in the past, so much of their forestation has been uninterrupted for generations.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Georg...12,90,,0,-22.5

As far as replacement trees go, they should be nothing but things like maples and sweetgums, in my opinion. Trees that add a lot of symmetry.

Are you kidding me?

Sweetgums are absolutely HORRIBLE trees!

We have one that is over 80 feet tall in our backyard & wanted that thing cut down a long time ago.

It makes a terrible mess in the Fall & don't even think twice about walking barefooted around one.

Sure they make pretty trees out in the forest, but aren't city friendly trees at all.

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Are you kidding me?

Sweetgums are absolutely HORRIBLE trees!

We have one that is over 80 feet tall in our backyard & wanted that thing cut down a long time ago.

It makes a terrible mess in the Fall & don't even think twice about walking barefooted around one.

Sure they make pretty trees out in the forest, but aren't city friendly trees at all.

I love them. Who walks around in the yard barefoot anyway?

And here you are talking about cutting down an 80-foot tree. I would never do that unless it was absolutely necessary.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

I love them. Who walks around in the yard barefoot anyway?

And here you are talking about cutting down an 80-foot tree. I would never do that unless it was absolutely necessary.

Well when you have a swimming pool like myself you tend to walk around in your backyard barefooted a lot.

Those trees can be dangerous with small kids & pets around.

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Well when you have a swimming pool like myself you tend to walk around in your backyard barefooted a lot.

Those trees can be dangerous with small kids & pets around.

The big question is why the US Government has yet to call for a ban on all sweetgum trees in populated areas.

Invest in some flip-flops.

[kenshi]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Tyler is better kept looking than Longview, which has some downright rough looking neighborhoods & a higher crime rate. I guess being a dry city with less clubs does have its advantages.

What, are you comparing South Tyler to South Longview? Almost everything between Marshall Ave and the North Loop is very nice. North Tyler isn't a neighborhood I'd want to live in...

We probably have twice the amount of deciduous trees Longview has, which is mostly pines, as with the rest of Deep East Texas.

So what you're saying here is that Tyler has deciduous trees like Dallas and Longview has pine trees like Houston?

[kenshi]

Also, Tyler only had 96,000 people at the last census and assuming a steady growth rate since 2000, it would be at 98,680 now, not over 100,000.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by kenshi

Also, Tyler only had 96,000 people at the last census and assuming a steady growth rate since 2000, it would be at 98,680 now, not over 100,000.

Tyler's daytime population swells to over 150,000 people. It is the hub of East Texas.

The census under counted. There are over 100,000 in the city now & 260,000 in the metro.

Next?

[kenshi]

It under counted for Longview too. It has 250,000 people in the city and 1,000,000 in the metro area.

[soletaire]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

Being from eastern Texas and living in Atlanta, the biggest difference I noticed between the two areas is that, in Georgia, many developments/neighborhoods are built into the forest vs. carving developments out of forests like they do in Texas. They also have more elaborate landscaping to where tall trees even line the curbs of streets, and they've had much less clearing for farm land in the past, so much of their forestation has been uninterrupted for generations.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Georg...12,90,,0,-22.5

As far as replacement trees go, they should be nothing but things like maples and sweetgums, in my opinion. Trees that add a lot of symmetry.

VERY VERY well stated.. That coincides with what I saw when I was in the Southeast. They do the same thing in Virginia and North Carolina based on my time there. I really think thats a Peidmont/Southeast Deal. My own theory, is that they dont have as much space to work with so they just cut right through their tree stands, rather than clearing them or building around them...

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by soletaire

VERY VERY well stated.. That coincides with what I saw when I was in the Southeast. They do the same thing in Virginia and North Carolina based on my time there. I really think thats a Peidmont/Southeast Deal. My own theory, is that they dont have as much space to work with so they just cut right through their tree stands, rather than clearing them or building around them...

Right. And it's not even that their region is naturally more forested than East Texas, because it really isn't, but they've just done a better job of preserving it.