Dallas Skyline(WOW)Yes another Dallas to Houston comparison thread! (Fort Worth: photos, town)

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by MobileDave

I guess if you live in Dallas this is what you would call a "forest." If these stubby little elf trees are a forest than Houston must be Yellowstone. If this is a forest than Austin is the Ozarks.

In the four national forest in Texas the most common type of tree is over 100 feet. You know one of the most common types of tree in all them? The Loblolly Pine.

I know for a fact that you guys haven't been to Houston if you are still arguing this nonsense. Those are the types of short little trees you see in Houston toward the coast.

Those Keebler Elf trees up in Big D .

I'm taller than most of the trees in DFW.

[Dallaz]

Even thought I don't like arguing over trees......I hate when people call Dallas barren when it's not.

In these videos I will show you the wetlands and the Great Trinity Forest. There's Beavers, River Otters, Roseate Spoonbills, Deers, Crawfish, Wood Storks (endangered species), Snapping Turtles, Bobcats, Alligators, Coyotes and more in the Great Trinity Forest.


Texas Buckeye Trail Great Trinity Forest Dallas Texas - YouTube


Wood Stork flock of hundreds Great Trinity Forest Dallas Texas - YouTube


Huge Texas Snapping Turtle - YouTube


Angry Beaver slapping tail at Trinity River Wetlands Dallas Texas - YouTube


Bobcat on Trinity River Dallas Texas McCommas Bluff - YouTube


River Otter in Dallas Texas near Trinity River Audubon Center - YouTube


Crawfish feeding underwater in Texas natural spring HD - YouTube


Roseate Spoonbills at Lemmon Lake Trinity River Dallas Texas - YouTube


Doe and Fawn Whitetail Deer in Dallas Texas Great Trinity Forest September 2011 - YouTube

[dallasboi]

http://webpages.charter.net/lot/F16-Over-Houston.jpg
Ok where are all the 100 foot trees?


http://www.allbestwallpapers.com/wal...uston,_usa.jpg
Them look like shrubs there.....where's the forrest that covers the entire Houston area?



http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=I4577276140390911&pid=1.5
These trees don't look 100 feet?

[ClarenceBodiker]

This **** is so ridiculous and silly. Yes, Houston has WAY more trees and taller trees than the Dallas area. It's not even close. But there are still misconceptions on both sides. Dallas isn't a desert or barren either. It's a prairie. There's lots of grass, trees, and life -- even if those trees aren't at the same height as Houston's. Houston has some treeless areas, too.

On the flip side, there are rolling hills in Dallas, which is nice in its own sense. It's not the hill country like Central Texas, but it's not flat as a pancake like Houston either. As Trae pointed out, some parts in southwest Dallas/Cedar Hill aren't too far off from Hill Country. Really all of South DFW is quite hilly.

At the end of the day, neither Dallas nor Houston win any trophies in natural beauty and nobody moves here for the scenery.

[Lakewooder]

Originally Posted by MobileDave

I guess if you live in Dallas this is what you would call a "forest." If these stubby little elf trees are a forest than Houston must be Yellowstone. If this is a forest than Austin is the Ozarks.

In the four national forest in Texas the most common type of tree is over 100 feet. You know one of the most common types of tree in all them? The Loblolly Pine.

I know for a fact that you guys haven't been to Houston if you are still arguing this nonsense. Those are the types of short little trees you see in Houston toward the coast.

Actually I lived in Houston. Yes there are some nice pine trees. But they aren't everywhere as some would have us believe.

More than once I heard, "Houston is a great place if you can live in one of the 'tree areas'".

[MobileDave]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

Ok where are all the 100 foot trees?

First you argue that Houston and Dallas have the same amount of tree cover which I showed you there is a difference in the millions. Then you argue that Houston only has heavy wooded areas in Conroe and in the Woodlands and I proved you wrong on that. Then you argue that Houston only has a 100 foot tall trees in the far north and I showed you the Memorial area that is full of them.

I NEVER said Houston has 100 foot tall trees from one end to the other. You are the one that keeps moving the goal post when proved wrong. The city and metro areas of Houston are 600 and 10,000 sqm respectively. So your tiny picture of a few sqm doesn't even begin to do Houston justice (also, that aerial of Houston was taken in the winter).

The Houston posters have only been including pics of the city of Houston and not the metro. You guys continue to argue about DFW. Do you guys really want me to include photos of alllll of the treeless DFW area photos (Ft. Worth....) and ecspecially the ones from winter?

[MobileDave]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

Actually I lived in Houston. Yes there are some nice pine trees. But they aren't everywhere as some would have us believe.

More than once I heard, "Houston is a great place if you can live in one of the 'tree areas'".

There are dense tree covered neighborhoods all over the Houston area.... a lot more than DFW. No there are not pine trees all over but no one ever stated this.

I lived in Dallas as well and one of the things I would hear all of the time actually is how people wished they had more trees in their neighborhoods. Another common theme was how they wished Dallas wasn't so landlocked.

[JJG]

Originally Posted by ClarenceBodiker

This **** is so ridiculous and silly. Yes, Houston has WAY more trees and taller trees than the Dallas area. It's not even close. But there are still misconceptions on both sides. Dallas isn't a desert or barren either. It's a prairie. There's lots of grass, trees, and life -- even if those trees aren't at the same height as Houston's. Houston has some treeless areas, too.

On the flip side, there are rolling hills in Dallas, which is nice in its own sense. It's not the hill country like Central Texas, but it's not flat as a pancake like Houston either. As Trae pointed out, some parts in southwest Dallas/Cedar Hill aren't too far off from Hill Country. Really all of South DFW is quite hilly.

At the end of the day, neither Dallas nor Houston win any trophies in natural beauty and nobody moves here for the scenery.

And THAT should be the end of that convo....

[Nairobi]

Since this is actually a skyline thread, I thought I'd post this link. I just found this picture, and I absolutely love it:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/...65196b5d00.jpg

It's no secret that I'm not a fan of our downtown architecture, so it's rare to find a shot of it that looks so nice.

[Dallaz]

Here's an aerial picture of Klyde Warren Park under construction (the building on the left is Museum Tower)


Source:
Two-day celebration planned for October opening of Klyde Warren Park | Dallas-Fort Worth Communities - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/2.../deck_park.jpg