Usually when you see a photo of downtown Dallas, there is mile after mile of flat area in the foreground and you can see flat land far past the skyline. When I've visited Dallas I was amazed at how far I could see...because it was so flat. I'm sure there are areas that have hills and the wilderness photos are pretty but not representative of the city of Dallas.
Most photos are facing north. You'd be amazed at the hills to the south.
Most photos are facing north. You'd be amazed at the hills to the south.
Then from the several times I've visted Dallas, the flatness of the land was so pronounced that I could see buildings and other areas of town that were miles and miles away.
From Wikipedia: "Dallas, and its surrounding area, is mostly flat and lies at an elevation ranging from 450 feet to 550 feet."
It is nothing like Atlanta, but a lot of the area is not flat. And I believe those stats are for city limits, not the whole area. The highest point is 1,368 feet. It is where all of the radio towers are:
Trae, you are nothing if not persistent. Dallas is as flat as a pancake compared to Atlanta. End of story. Flat flat flat flat flat flat flat. Please stop trying to claim otherwise.
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The city is, but the southern suburbs aren't. All that I am saying. For someone who lives in a flat place like Houston, the small hills in Dallas make a difference.
Trae, you are nothing if not persistent. Dallas is as flat as a pancake compared to Atlanta. End of story. Flat flat flat flat flat flat flat. Please stop trying to claim otherwise.
I'll bet the boys from Denver are getting a good chuckle out of this discussion
I'm sure that's true, however, the tallest mountains east of the Mississippi are a stone's throw from Atlanta in western North Carolina, and of the nation's largest metros, Atlanta is second highest in elevation, second only to Denver.
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I'm sure that's true, however, the tallest mountains east of the Mississippi are a stone's throw from Atlanta in western North Carolina, and of the nation's largest metros, Atlanta is second highest in elevation, second only to Denver.
Granted Western NC has the tallest Mountain (a few feet higher than Clingman's Dome in Tennssee) but Tennssee has just as much mountainous covereage and just as many 5,000+ footers. Plus if you average the ten highest peaks in each state, the average is within a couple hundred feet of each other with the slight edge going to NC. Basically Tennessee and NC are mirror images of each other. North Carolina does have the beach though
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I'm sure that's true, however, the tallest mountains east of the Mississippi are a stone's throw from Atlanta in western North Carolina, and of the nation's largest metros, Atlanta is second highest in elevation, second only to Denver.
If I remember correctly, doesn't Phoenix just edge out Atlanta for the #2 spot out of the largest 25 metros in terms of elevation?
If I remember correctly, doesn't Phoenix just edge out Atlanta for the #2 spot out of the largest 25 metros in terms of elevation?
well, yes, just. Maybe I should have been more careful in my wording and stated "Atlanta has the highest elevation among the nation's 10 largest metros". I didn't know that Phoenix was marginally higher, though, thanks. It's Denver highest, then Phoenix, then Atlanta, among the top 25.
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Trae, you are nothing if not persistent. Dallas is as flat as a pancake compared to Atlanta. End of story. Flat flat flat flat flat flat flat. Please stop trying to claim otherwise.
So, the area does have hills...not as much (or even close) as ATL though.
I have lived in Houston for a while, went to school in Dallas for a bit and now I am in Clemson, which is pretty similar to Atlanta climate wise.
Dallas:
(Summer) Hot, Windy, Dry
(Winter) Really Windy, Cold, Dry
When it rains it pours. Rarely did I see steady rain, it was either drizzle or downpour.
Houston:
(Summer) Humid and rainy early, more like Dallas in July, August
(Winter) Cool and wet or warm and dry. Cold Wind.
Clemson (near Atlanta):
(Summer) dry or humid depending on the day, more haze and trees and less wind.
(Winter) Alternates between F*ng cold and pleasant.
All I can say is life is much better in the summer in all of these places if you have access to a pool.
I didn't read the entire thread so I don't know if this has been discussed, but what happens when all these southern cities start running out of water? I'm sure that places like Atlanta and Florida, and maybe even Houston will be fine, but places that are growing fast now like Phoenix, Las Vegas, and the Southwest? Where do you think all the people will go to next?
They'll get extremely creative, politically, to get the government to divert the water they need. Great Lakes states, for instance, having been working, for years, on ways to leverage their future advantages, while others plans have been in the works to stop water diversion, altogether.
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They'll get extremely creative, politically, to get the government to divert the water they need. Great Lakes states, for instance, having been working, for years, on ways to leverage their future advantages, while others plans have been in the works to stop water diversion, altogether.
It is already a huge problem in Atlanta. Alabama and Florida have been trying to get court orders to severely limit the amount of water usage in Georgia from the Chatahoochee River. Evidently it has harmed the fresh-water oyster business in the Florida panhandle where the river meets the Gulf of Mexico. We already have pretty strict water restrictions here...
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I'm sure that's true, however, the tallest mountains east of the Mississippi are a stone's throw from Atlanta in western North Carolina, and of the nation's largest metros, Atlanta is second highest in elevation, second only to Denver.
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