Tulsa Mayor: "OKC > Tulsa"

[bchris02]

I would think the very flat terrain makes it harder for trees to take root and grow.

If you think about the Great Plains, it's all pretty barren and that's across a very wide area, with all types of differences. Yet, the one common denominator is that it's all flat and pretty treeless.

Eastern Arkansas is every bit as flat as Oklahoma and huge, 80' tall trees are quite common once you get east of Little Rock. It's noticeable when driving west on I-40 from Memphis that the tree canopy gets progressively shorter once you get west of Little Rock until trees disappear nearly entirely in western Oklahoma.

[bchris02]

Not sure what this has to do with Tulsa and OKC but here is a nice map:

Interesting map. I actually read an article not too long ago that said there is still some old growth forest in the cross-timbers region of eastern Oklahoma.

This relates to OKC and Tulsa because the discussion was on the fact OKC doesn't have the advantage of tall, majestic trees like places farther east, including Tulsa, have to prettify their otherwise ugly industrial areas. That can give people the perception that OKC is ugly as compared to Tulsa. I think the Great Plains are an acquired taste for transplants. I am growing more fond of it the longer I am here.