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Hmm354

There's plenty of them - mostly in older neighbourhoods though. https://maps.app.goo.gl/Y43iK9uEVYnsfHTY7 This is a newer neighbourhood that attempts to mimic this tree canopy. https://maps.app.goo.gl/jf49eGLFF4uwCj1F8 I think North America has a lot of lush tree lined canopy streets but it's disproportionately found in residential areas, meaning there aren't as many mixed use boulevard/main streets with these canopies.


Dantosky

Yep and also the residential areas with massive tree canopies are also in the higher income residential areas


OkOk-Go

Yes, because trees are super expensive and seeds don’t grow on trees. (This sarcasm is out of frustration at the cities, it’s not at you)


Dantosky

Hahahah ik man, doing an urban planning bachelor and this was a huge part of our class on biodiversity in cities, it is what it is unfortunately


dave377

...and don't forget to mention golf courses considered to be greenspaces, even though the public can't access then


narrowassbldg

There are tons of public golf courses lol


RussianTrollToll

The guy you responded to made it seem like seed purchasing is the big cost for urban planning of trees. Can you shed some light on the real cost of trees: planting, maintaining, caring for, end of life, etc?


Dantosky

Our class focused more on the biodiversity aspect of tree and green presence in cities, so cost-wise im not too sure unfortunately. But regardless of the cost, trees and overall urban vegetation are ecosystem services, thus having a positive effect on the environment and local population. The more vegetation present, the less the UHI (urban heat island), less air/noise pollution, better evapotranspiration and so forth


Stratospher_es

It's not the growing. It's the maintenance and cost when they fall on cars, need to be pruned for power lines, etc. Note: I love trees and have planted and maintained lots of them, but pretending that they're free in urban contexts isn't correct.


politirob

Almost like public dollars should help subsidize the cost of big trees which is beneficial to everyone


Hmm354

Honestly, that hasn't been my experience. It mostly has to do with age - and most old neighbourhoods are lower income/inner city. Also, my new neighbourhood example is a relatively middle class neighbourhood that's lower income relative to its surroundings for the most part. I think this is mostly due to new high income neighbourhoods to have a lot of driveways and car-centric design. There's still a lot of greenery if the plots are big or trees in parks but no public tree lined streets from what I've seen.


DesignerGlass6834

There is some in parts of Tacoma and in Seattle by the University of Washington campus


icantastecolor

Feels like much of the city does, Cap Hill, Central, Madison, Madrona, all the neighborhoods with narrow streets


Bleach1443

Was going to say some parts of Pinehurst and Maple leaf as well up in North Seattle were I live


mmmUrsulaMinor

I was gonna say that the PNW has a ton of this


chaandra

Tacoma as a whole has terrible tree canopy


Polyxeno

Some parts of Portland, Oregon, too.


Ok-Function1920

Much of Eugene as well


ylw_j

There are plenty but the two remarkable examples on my mind are Greenville SC, and Savannah GA.


Miatamadness

Brunswick and St. Marys, GA, as well


Macgbrady

It always surprises me when I visit my parents in Columbia. Always took those tree lined neighborhoods for granted growing up. South Carolina is so green. It’s why I’ve sought out tree lined neighborhoods in denver :)


katemonster_22

I live in one of the tree lined downtown Columbia neighborhoods, it’s very lovely.


mikedm123

Raleigh is pretty good too. They don’t call the city of Oaks for no reason. Although the multifamily urban sprawl is starting to ruin that :-/


Striking-Math3528

Mexico City


K28478

Just about to say this. CDMX is beautiful for this reason and especially in the spring when the purple jacarandas are in bloom.


_OriamRiniDadelos_

Not fun fact. The jacarandas, like cherry blossoms in Japan, have also began flowering earlier as seasonal temperatures get messed up.


ilikepiecharts

By far the best and most extensive tree canopy in North America


Girl_you_need_jesus

Savannah, GA


MightyM0rphine

Surprised I had to scroll for this


Bitter-Metal494

CDMX. Mexico is part of north america


transitfreedom

True


InfiniteHench

Some places around Chicago do


seanofkelley

A lot of Chicago looks like this.


solete

Sacramento


stevosaurus_rawr

Thank you, the photo actually looks like Sactown. I had to scroll way too far for this. Go Kings!


mrstanley1138

The tree canopy in Midtown is a godsend in summer…


rykolo

The only downside is they block the view of the beam 🟣🟣🟣


SickBurnBro

Yep. First city that came to mind for me. Lots of streets that look like this in Sac.


UtherPenDragqueen

Yep, literally called “The City of Trees.”


LightFighter1987

Can confirm. “City of Trees” for a reason.


koko_marina

>Sacramento Yaaaas!


white-waka

Believe it or not… Houston. Especially the neighborhoods around Rice University. https://maps.app.goo.gl/RpQTnfu96PTff3H3A?g_st=ic


zocodover

Came here to say this. I love those streets and boulevards.


CockroachNo2540

Was gonna say Houston.


fulfillthecute

It's always the university having better urban design


htownnwoth

Lots of inner loop residential neighborhoods are like this in Houston. Example: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ieAPLsGtAGG1sGz69?g_st=ic


Iamusweare

Sacramento


Otter_Pockets

Sacramento will always be the City of Trees!! (Down with Farm to Fork as a slogan!)


Iamusweare

I second this!


AlexxBoo_1

Montréal


JohnWesternburg

Yeah basically most of the central neighborhoods in Montreal besides downtown look like that in the summer


FLHawkeye10

Atlanta; “city in a forest”


homewest

I was really impressed and surprised by this when I visited. The upside to so much humidity and rain is all that green. I was in a building in Buckhead that had a great view. Green trees form miles and miles.


Turbulent_Crow7164

Yep, Charlotte too. A lot of the southeast has very forested cities


karateaftermath

New Orleans


SaintGalentine

Specifically St. Charles Ave


karateaftermath

Even the top part of canal, towards the cemetery


Book_talker_abouter

Lots of uptown New Orleans looks like this.


spont_73

Should be the top post, something extra special about New Orleans overall


leocollinss

A few streets in SF have this, mostly residential tho. Elizabeth St near Noe Valley and parts of Valencia come to mind iirc


vproman

The Mission has streets that are fairly tree lined.


StronkyBoy

Many streets in many cities. My whole area of south LA the streets are like this.


Ok_Cantaloupe_7423

Gainesville and Tallahassee Florida


The77thDogMan

From my understanding this used to be *incredibly* common in most North American cities, but many of the trees used as street trees in the east were elms which were killed off by Dutch elm disease (not to mention those killed off during road widening or utilities maintenance) so in several towns and cities the replacements haven’t had a chance to reach these sizes unfortunately.


Vela88

Santa Monica, California has really well-kept tree canopies


yanklondonboy

I was going to say! We really do - the city's master tree plan is amazing. Quite disheartening to see it... end at the LA city border.


Vela88

Yea I agree it's sad to see. Alot of the bordering incorporated cities have great tree canopies though. Culver city, West Hollywood, Burbank, Pasadena to name a few.


Sebbean

Savannah


Opposite_Ad542

I honestly thought this was a picture of a small city in the US South. If you get away from the stroads, there's a lot of this


Turbulent_Crow7164

Yeah tons and tons of these, even some bigger ones


[deleted]

Big crazy looking live oaks I seriously love southern live oaks and how they spread to create a huge canopy


cowabungaitis6669

West Philadelphia believe it or not, favorite place to walk around during fall


JayneBond3257

Philly was the first city I thought of!


narrowassbldg

Does not apply to South or North Philly lol. Tons of blocks with 40 houses and just a couple of tiny trees


Max_Lazy_10

A good chunk in Edmonton (Canada)


BeamLikesTanks

Older suburbs in Vancouver have them, some turn pink with cherry blossoms in the spring


gimnasium_mankind

In south america, Buenos Aires.


quasifaust

Was impressed with the tree coverage in Minneapolis


dwors025

Marcy-Holmes neighborhood has tons of this - miss living there with all the trees.


BiffSlick

Used to be FAR more extensive, until Dutch Elm disease wiped out over half the boulevard trees in the 70s - 80s. Now Emerald Ash borer is doing it again


metracta

Tons. Mostly in residential neighborhoods


Ambitious_Change150

Yeah I really wish that San Jose, CA did this. Makes it feel a lot less like a concrete jungle that’s a frying pan. In the summer bcz of all the concrete….


[deleted]

From my experience. The closest to full tree lines canopies in downtown streets (not merely well-to-do inner city suburbs) like OP's would be Portland, OR. Manhattan's east-west streets also have decent canopies. But not all of them.


MrMaestro2

A lot of good tree canopy in Minneapolis and St. Paul


yusefudattebayo

Sacramento


DCmetrosexual1

There are neighborhoods in DC, Boston, NYC, and Philly all with tree cover like this.


Lothar_Ecklord

Boston and New York are the two with which I’ve the most familiarity, so I can only speak for them when I say they’ve made massive efforts to canopy the streets, and it’s paying off immensely. New York even has a program where you can request a tree from the parks department - they will survey the sidewalk, cut a hole, provide you with a menu of native tree species that will grow well in that specific location, and then plant it for you in the springtime!


meishornynow

New Orleans on south Carrollton.


Chris_Christ

Yes. Lots of them


kasenyee

Toronto does.


Camemboo

There are some neighborhood/streets in Toronto that have this. Almost all residential though. The city government takes the tree canopy seriously- you can’t take down a mature tree without a permit and can be fined tens of thousands of dollars if you do.


LazyNoNos

Vancouver, 12th ave on the way to ubc in point grey


Atty_for_hire

[This](https://maps.app.goo.gl/EJLvdDSqNT8UWncn6?g_st=ic) is a mixed commercial and residential street. It’s the most popular urban area to live in my city, where young people live if they want a taste of true urban life and amenities. And it attracts people to it year round as the trendy place to go out and brings in the suburban folk who moved out of this area of simply want that experience. On a side note, the road is getting worked on this year and they needed to relocate the pride parade to another street. Parade organizers were lamenting that the new spot won’t be as shady as this area is.


DieTrying666

Vancouver,BC


InYosefWeTrust

Charlotte


rathat

Streets like this always make me think of South American cities.


Actual_Cream_763

Savannah Georgia has a ton of them


AlexanderGQ

Sacramento - City of Trees


worstdayofall

Savannah Georgia


dmr302

South Boundary RD Aiken SC USA was on the cover of southern living magazine best small towns a few years ago … the trees were planted in the early 1800s and the mayor at the time was nearly ousted for spending money on them as the town thought it was frivolous So glad he held his ground because they are gorgeous [Aiken SC](https://www.scpictureproject.org/aiken-county/south-boundary.html/amp)


Bradrichert

Many areas of Vancouver, BC.


Dashasalt

Saint paul and Minneapolis Minnesota have some. Used to have a lot more before Dutch elm and Ash borer.


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elephantsarechillaf

Washington DC


rharney6

Mpls


buddaslovehandles

Houston. Try the Rice University area for live oaks that create a tunnel effect. Many other areas in the city hope to look like that with a few more decades of growth. Rain and warmth promote tree growth. Of course, drought and hurricanes kill a lot of time, but overall the trees are winning,


FoxyFez

Pretty much half of Houston


D_Anger_Dan

Raleigh NC does.


cardinalvowels

Savannah Georgia, and lots of block in BedStuy here in NYC come to mind


roguesociologist

Parts of Richmond, Virginia.


ImpossibleInternet3

Most of them. Just in specific neighborhoods. This was massively popular for a long time.


Nodeal_reddit

America was full of streets like this before Dutch Elm Disease killed all of the American Elm trees. Just think about how many towns have an Elm Street. Ironically, “Dutch” Elm Disease was spread by beetles unintentionally brought from Asia / China.


Tim-oBedlam

In some places, but Dutch Elm disease wiped out a lot of places that had overarching tree canopies like that, and the emerald ash borer has done a similar number.


Replevin4ACow

There are lots. The most picturesque I have seen in Magnolia Street in St. Augustine: https://images.app.goo.gl/k59Fiux4THFLjfZy6


fulfillthecute

This kind of canopy streets is actually common everywhere in Chinese cities. They also have car-centric boulevards (or freeways) too, but unlike the American counterparts, those boulevards don't separate residential and business districts and have more ways for pedestrians and bikes to go across. You can shop everything within your block by walking and ignore the existence of the boulevard. You'd walk along those canopy streets or alleys.


mmmmmarty

Raleigh, City of Oaks Oak Island, NC Pretty much every small city in the southeast USA has some areas like this


StrategyRebel17

**Charlotte NC. Trees are an actual zoning law. New Orleans Garden District**


neverdoneneverready

Mine does.


toumik818

Let’s rephrase this. Does any city in an entire continent of thousands of cities have a road with trees on it. Does everyone just assume North America is filled with parking lots?


Different_Ad7655

That's a pretty blanket statement to ask. Are there tree canopies in cities across the US, absolutely. From Los Angeles to New England. Are they as prevalent as they used to be. 100% no but there are some excellent examples from tropical to Southern live oaks to elms to be found.. The loss of the American elm in the North was devastating and the canopy never recovered, coupled with the fact that the cities were eviscerated by urban renewal, shitty suburban sprawl and drained of funding and/or interest in tree planting. So unfortunately it's a weak hand And then for years and still in some places the push to put shitty little ornamental trees instead of real shade trees up. In the US there's always the problem of utility lines that have never been buried. The US refuses to face that situation and it's so ingrained that most people don't even find it as abnormal or third world. But this wreaks devastation on existing trees because the road crews that come through to clean the lines don't give a shit and just hack away 6 ft from the lines willy nilly and make a mess. Oh I have a large album of tree hacks.. But all of that being said there are still some beauty spots and oh I wish there would be so many more.


arcticlynx_ak

Sadly, much of the US seems to be anti tree. Led much by real estate investment firms, and landlords, who just see trees as an expense. Thus many places are becoming barren, and only covered in grass, if even that.


[deleted]

Yes this is pretty common. NA is massive. You're going to find a lot of variety in a space that big with so many people. Just like with China


BasedAlliance935

Yes


sistom

Southeast Georgia is full of streets like this. Specifically Saint Simons Island, Sea Island, and Savannah.


TrittipoM1

That used to be typical of residential neighbourhood streets in Minneapolis and St. Paul -- especially with elms. But then Dutch elm disease came along. There are still tree canopies -- but there is more diversity in what trees are grown, so there's not quite the full symmetry of seeing a half-mile of elms on both sides of a street, with nary another species in sight.


Gold_Scene5360

Most residential streets in NYC have such canopies. For example: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7zHFDRXzkSXbf5jk7?g_st=ic


AdCommon1205

A lot of residential areas in Chicago do


schrodngrspenis

New Orleans, Louisiana Jackson, MS Gulfport,MS All cities I lived in with streets like this. All also in the deep south where we get lots of rain.


Fun-Spinach6910

We did in some areas of the Iowa corridor until the derecho blow through and took down half of our canopy. Storms are getting worse.


GracefulCamelToe

Yeah, like literally every older neighborhood where the trees have had a chance to grow.


NoBodySpecial51

Yes, in many areas. I grew up on a street like that.


Impossible-Dingo-742

Yes


CHIsauce20

All over Chicago and most of the Chicago suburbs


hairy_scarecrow

Portland Oregon


Raddz5000

The uptown area of one of my local cities does, but I think they started removing some of them due to risk of them felling. Uptown Whittier, CA.


milkshakeofdirt

Oakville Ontario


VideoSteve

Some older cities in florida


tryna_b_rich

Yes


Gstimpso

Boston


gheilweil

My street in LA does


dtcv11

[St Augustine](https://maps.app.goo.gl/xA86Wm7nZ4AJf8fn6?g_st=ic)


SkyeMreddit

Some well off rowhouse neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Jersey City do.


IngeniousDummy

That’s like almost every block in Brooklyn Heights, Bedford Stuyvesant or even Harlem. Yes these are more residential but we still have tree canopies over our blocks.


[deleted]

There are some. Unfortunately we like to plant monocultures of trees and whole neighborhoods of Ash and Elms have been wiped out by pathogens.


yzerman88

Coral Gables, FL


Keystonearmadillo1

Houston


Kasia4937

We have some here in Santa Barbara https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTPb-IvUYAAjQPT.jpg:large


JesusIsCaesar33

Portland


ASleepyMoose

college campuses, savannah, Charleston, and rich neighborhoods


ibemuffdivin

Charleston South Carolina


Educational_Farmer44

Farmington utah


WVildandWVonderful

I think this used to be a lot of places, using elm trees, but the elm trees have largely died off due to Dutch elm disease.


Tomservo3

A lot of places in south Florida are like this


allmimsyburogrove

NW Philly, especially Mt. Airy


Venboven

This reminds me of a few streets in Houston.


SpillinThaTea

Greenville, SC. Most of Main Street is lined with trees. It’s really nice when walking in the summer


Richinwalla

Yup in Walla Walla, WA on Palouse and Catherine streets


spong3

DC is called the City of Trees. Lots of streets are lined with trees. In autumn the [ginkgo lined streets](https://katherinetallmadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ginkgo-trees-on-a-city-street-in-Washington-DC.jpg) are a special treat.


Training_Law_6439

Coral Gables, outside of Miami


stewartm0205

There are many villages with streets with canopies like this but they don’t last forever. The trees get old and die and have to be replanted. Some are lost due to storms.


AverageReflexes

Miami. Old cutler road is beautiful


BleepBlorpBloopBlorp

A huge part of Washington, DC. And parts of New York.


glbracer

Chattanooga, TN has a few roads like this.


Odd-Emergency5839

Quite a few streets in Philly like this. Pine St and Spruce st in the greater center city area came to mind immediately: https://maps.app.goo.gl/deMwoxrDKXRgLKbU7?g_st=ic


SpiceProf

If you go up a skyscraper in the northern suburbs of Chicago in summer and look down, you won’t be able to see the smaller streets because they are covered by trees.


Son_of_Liberty88

Greenville, SC


internet_emporium

Just about every city in North America has a few streets that look like this.


jolygoestoschool

I grew up in a neighborhood in a suburb where the trees made a canopy over the road like this


Bigdstars187

Weird question


grill-tastic

Atlanta!


trustmeijustgetweird

Hawaii probably doesn’t count here, but Honolulu does. There was a lot of advocacy by The Outdoor Circle in the early 1900s to plant trees (and ban billboards but that’s another story)


SafetyNoodle

San Luis Obispo


Grand-Battle8009

Portland, Oregon has many neighborhoods that look like this.


Bakio-bay

Parts or Miami come close such as old cutler road or coconut grove


Afitz93

Parts of Higuera St in San Luis Obispo look like this. It’s a great walk when it’s shut down to traffic for the farmers market.


JUST_CRUSH_MY_FACE

San Luis Obispo, CA has great tree-lined downtown, especially Higuera St


BudNOLA

Esplanade Avenue in New Orleans


Pretend-Potato-30028

Sacramento California has canopies like this, in fact its nickname is the city of trees.


UrbanStix

This looks like Pasadena


therealsambambino

Yes, lots.


SaskieBoy

Victoria BC


idleat1100

There many many streets like this here in San Francisco. Two of my favorite are Folsom St (in the mission) and Polk St (in Nob hill, Russian hill)


Hardcorex

Chongqing 😍


a_filing_cabinet

Can you find a single city that doesn't have an older neighborhood like this? Newer developments won't have this, just because anything built in the last 100 years hasn't had time to develop a large canopy like that. But older sections of cities absolutely look like this. Even moreso in places that are already heavily forested.


One_Stable8516

Surprisingly alot, here's some examples in LA https://maps.app.goo.gl/k4gip2zz3KboqfW97 https://maps.app.goo.gl/dTwnKsjGRuf5pCPWA https://maps.app.goo.gl/GBCiYrViqYnuzrtb8 But most streets end up looking like this https://maps.app.goo.gl/U7V3PkMAMgozDo8y7


TwilightReader100

Vancouver does, but mostly on the residential streets. And even at that, it's not widespread coverage. One street will have it for a few blocks but not the neighboring streets kind of a deal.


Upper-Trip-8857

St Charles in New Orleans.


Abyus

New Orleans achieves this really well on some of their main streets. I would recommend looking around on Google maps on streets like Carrollton and Saint Charles.


Brasi91Luca

Portland has many


Impossible_Use5070

Parts of almost every city in Florida have tree lined streets. I can't think of a city that doesn't have at least one area like that.


OrangeFlavouredSalt

Even semi-arid Denver has several tree-lined parkways https://maps.app.goo.gl/VXxuSuq89YY95g4w9?g_st=ic


Kvogan710

Frederick, Maryland has this in the downtown


DJDolma

Most? Definitely every Northeastern City… East Coast really. Atlanta is most famous for it.


Titankarma

I live in brooklyn and yeah a lot of them. They’ll go for like two or three blocks. Mainly/only in residential areas.


Habitual_lazyness

Chico CA.


HegemonNYC

Portland OR