Posted by Stephen on October 12, 2009, 10:18 am
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Does anyone know why the Atlanta area is over-landscaped with so many trees that lose leaves in Winter and look dead?
Nothing evokes a pleasant, year-round mild climate to conventioners and tourists like palm trees (along with leafy evergreens like Magnolias).
While Chicago, New York, Denver, etc. are great cities, they don't have Atlanta's milder
Southern climate --which can be exploited to boost convention and tourism here.
Las Vegas for example (which lies at a much northern latitude than Atlanta) didn't originally have 99.9% of its palm trees
either--they brought in selected palm species from all over the world to evoke an image of a warmer climate. While its true that Las Vegas is in a warmer climate zone, it, like Atlanta, can also get snow.
Disney uses the hardy palms and leafy evergreens 'trick' as well to evoke a warmer climate for 'Adventureland' in 'Tokyo Disneyland' and 'Disneyland Paris'.
Atlanta lies at the same latitude as Los Angeles and Phoenix (33 degrees North). There are at least 5 palm species which will thrive in Atlanta reliably without fuss.
What would it take to get the Atlanta-area to landscape for year-round conventions and tourists??? Winter time in the Altanta area now might as well be Chicago --the only notable exception that a few stray visitors might see is the palm trees at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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