USA Sprawl Festival continued: San Antonio - Page 6

Paul in S.A TX · #**101** Posted **Sep 11, 2008, 5:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by urban_encounter

Yeah well I have two California Redwoods two feet from my deck. Top that..

I don't have an eagle though. Just a few ducks...

But San Antonio is a very green city in terms of trees.

San Antonio is considered Sub tropical.

SLO · #**102** Posted **Sep 11, 2008, 5:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

Sorry to say, but those are some pretty wimpy trees.

I've got one mere feet from my balcony that must be 120 feet tall. With a bald eagle occasionally hanging out at the top of it.

....that might be because you live in SEATTLE...

urban_encounter · #**103** Posted **Sep 11, 2008, 5:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Paul in S.A TX

San Antonio is considered Sub tropical.

Yeah I know (remember i lived there)...?

I love San Antonio's surrounding area in terms of the trees etc..

Paul in S.A TX · #**104** Posted **Sep 11, 2008, 5:23 AM**

yep, but what happened with Sactown?

Boquillas · #**105** Posted **Sep 11, 2008, 5:26 AM**

They may be tiny, but they sure are ugly:

(my pic)

Edit: and that's an elevated highway.

SLO · #**106** Posted **Sep 11, 2008, 5:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by urban_encounter

Yeah I know (remember i lived there)...?

I love San Antonio's surrounding area in terms of the trees etc..

Sacramento has great trees....
SA has alot of native vegetation that grows wild, the trees are generally small but cover the landscape....

Paul in S.A TX · #**107** Posted **Sep 11, 2008, 6:36 AM**

I have seen a few ugly trees, but, for the most part the city is covered with beautiful trees..

pfrench99 flickr
San Antonio has beautiful oak trees all over.

beautiful towering cypress on Riverwalk and around S.A..

jdsmith flickr

demecio flickr

oldmanshirt · #**108** Posted **Sep 11, 2008, 1:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boquillas

They may be tiny, but they sure are ugly:

(my pic)

Edit: and that's an elevated highway.

Wait, are you talking about the trees or the buildings??

KeepSanAntonioLame · #**109** Posted **Sep 11, 2008, 9:06 PM**

Anyone who thinks SA has no trees doesn't know the first thing about San Antonio. I mean, the Alamo Heights area is known for its massive amount of trees. I have three large pecan trees in my backyard, and one very large red oak and one smaller oak in the front, and I live on a relatively small lot.

Those sprawltastic developments are due to soulessness of certain developers. They just clear cut all the trees. I think since those images were taken there have been new tree ordinances passed I think.

SA is a sub-tropical, not an arid or semi arid climate. If you live in an established neighborhood and you leave for a year (a year with average rainfall), you can expect your house to be completely taken over by all sorts of vines and weeds. Its almost like a jungle sometimes.

SLO · #**110** Posted **Sep 11, 2008, 9:25 PM**

SA like most Texas cities has areas of decent soil and areas that are rocky. This more than anything restricts the size of the trees. Yes, of course near the rivers and areas with good soil you get wonderful trees, but you can always tell what the ground conditions are like by looking at the trees.

urban_encounter · #**111** Posted **Sep 13, 2008, 5:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by urban_encounter

One of the reasons I liked living in SA, were the trees.

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Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

Sorry to say, but those are some pretty wimpy trees.

I've got one mere feet from my balcony that must be 120 feet tall. With a bald eagle occasionally hanging out at the top of it.

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Originally Posted by urban_encounter

Yeah well I have two California Redwoods two feet from my deck. Top that..

I don't have an eagle though. Just a few ducks...

But San Antonio is a very green city in terms of trees.

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Originally Posted by Paul in S.A TX

San Antonio is considered Sub tropical.

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Originally Posted by urban_encounter

Yeah I know (remember i lived there)...?

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Originally Posted by Paul in S.A TX

yep, but what happened with Sactown?

Paul, you do understand that I'm agreeing with you about San Antonio's greenscape don't you????

I was joking with James Bond Agent 007.

One of the things I loved about living in both Chicago and San Antonio were the trees and that's one of Sacramento's top assets (so I'm not sure what you meant by your last statement?)

But i would take issue with anyone who tried to argue that San Antonio isn't a beutiful city; and the trees and surrounding topography are one of the main reasons.

We're in agreement my friend.

BTW love the most recent pictures that you posted.

Paul in S.A TX · #**112** Posted **Sep 16, 2008, 1:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by urban_encounter

Paul, you do understand that I'm agreeing with you about San Antonio's greenscape don't you????

I was joking with James Bond Agent 007.

One of the things I loved about living in both Chicago and San Antonio were the trees and that's one of Sacramento's top assets (so I'm not sure what you meant by your last statement?)

But i would take issue with anyone who tried to argue that San Antonio isn't a beutiful city; and the trees and surrounding topography are one of the main reasons.

We're in agreement my friend.

BTW love the most recent pictures that you posted.

Oh, I knew you were agreeing with me. Sorry If I confused you.

Fresh · #**113** Posted **Sep 24, 2008, 6:41 AM**

To be honest with cities like San Antonio, it isn't the sprawl that bothers me, because suburban sprawl shouldn't be considered the main focus of a city.

Rather, it's how bare and spread out the inner city seems.

Paul in S.A TX · #**114** Posted **Sep 24, 2008, 9:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Fresh

To be honest with cities like San Antonio, it isn't the sprawl that bothers me, because suburban sprawl shouldn't be considered the main focus of a city.

Rather, it's how bare and spread out the inner city seems.

San Antonio is dense in the inner city! Whom is focusing on the sprawl other than this thread about sprawl? San Antonio is 300 years old, it has a developed inner city.

Paul in S.A TX · #**115** Posted **Sep 24, 2008, 9:32 AM**

San Antonio inner city photo thread

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=150923

jtown,man · #**116** Posted **May 27, 2009, 9:38 PM**

My parents house is visable in your 5th picture!

ls1z28chris · #**117** Posted **May 28, 2009, 12:37 AM**

You have a metric fuck-ton of invalid links. Can you fix them so I can see the heinous Atlanta sprawl I drive through every day? kthx

James Bond Agent 007 · #**118** Posted **May 28, 2009, 2:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by ls1z28chris

You have a metric fuck-ton of invalid links. Can you fix them so I can see the heinous Atlanta sprawl I drive through every day? kthx

Those links have been dead for a while. Due to forum rules I stopped posting these kinds of threads on this forum.

I have a similar collection on SSC. You can view the Atlanta threads here:
Northern Atlanta suburbs
Atlanta II - North suburbs
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2nd one is more recent with better-quality pictures.