Greensick

So as I've posted before, next year I intend to travel to the United States. I've been reading up testimonials from other students studying abroad and a lot of them mention getting 'greensick'. New Zealand is allegedly an extremely green country, and travelers often report longing for the sight of trees / bushes / grass etc. like they have at home. Out of curiosity, I'm wondering how I would fare. Having never traveled, I am completely ignorant. So, specifically hearing from the US/Californian residents (though all are welcome), how do you rate your 'green' in comparison to mine? A leisurely stroll through my hometown gives you scenery such as:

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I did not pick and choose 'green scenes', these are what I believe to be a faithful representation of my hometown.

Wow, your town sure has a lot of green. It's even more than my hometown in Brazil which is said to be one the most "green" capitals in Brazil. We have some green tunnel streets and big parks and most streets have trees along them, but we surely don't have that many greenerie as yours.

I feel you'll miss them a lot on the US (depends which city you go, but big cities are often quite lacking in green).

Depends on where in California.
Most of it's crappy brown or gray with attempts to green it up.

Here for example is Nexon headquarters (old or new, I don't recall), a fairly typical idea of as green as it gets.
Do a 360 around the streetview.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s...2,,0,15.25

It's so thoroughly cultivated it doesn't really feel alive - It may as well be painted on.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msi...9&t=h&z=16

This is the place where I live in brazil, from the top view you can see there's quite a lot of parks and trees around, you can do street view to have a look too.

This is the street where I live (so nostalgic =P, been 9 months I haven't been there).
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msi...o-13215470

well i can't say anything about california but texas has a lot of green.. lol

well i can't say anything about california but texas has a lot of green.. lol

Awwwwwwwwww yeaaaah. Aside from the bipolar weather, it's quite nice here.

I think it really depends on what part of California, and whether or not it's a big city or a smaller suburb.

Though it's not a street view, here's an aerial shot of downtown San Francisco.

 green?

Yeah, no, not really. Though we have some nice parks, and trees planted in neat little rows on the sidewalk, it's pretty much a landscape of concrete and asphalt.

In Fremont, California:
Cut the greenness of that by ~1/4th, and that's around our maximum greenness.

Awwwwwwwwww yeaaaah. Aside from the bipolar weather, it's quite nice here.

True that.

Awwwwwwwwww yeaaaah. Aside from the bipolar weather, it's quite nice here.

haha yeah all this hot then cold then tornado/thunderstorm pomegranate is killing me. i wish spring lasted as like a one week transition between winter and summer. i'd rather have 100 degree weather with 70% humidity than this shit

Man... I want to live there! It reminds me of where I lived as a child except more civilized. I'm sick of concrete jungles and farmland, which is all you'll find around here. So pretty.

I'll take a picture of the forest I pass by every day on the way to school tomorrow.

Man... I want to live there! It reminds me of where I lived as a child except more civilized. I'm sick of concrete jungles and farmland, which is all you'll find around here. So pretty.

It's quite small and boring.