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Originally Posted by lzppjb
I'm also a native. Most of Austin is west of 35, which is a big barrier. The land isn't as good east. Soil is soft, it's flatter, fewer trees. Growing up my dad always told me he'd never buy land east of 35 again (he did bought his first house off Stassney).
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Actually soil east of 35 is deeper than west. Once you hit the Escarpment, soil depth becomes fairly thin due to the limestone hills and thus trees are able to grow taller east than west, (although valley's in the hill country have deeper soils and trees grow taller than up on the hills.)
Part of the reason why there is a strip of land that doesn't have as many trees is because it's the Blackland Prairie belt which does push west in some areas including here in the hood as we have Blackland Clay soil in my yard. Once you pass the strip you move into more heavily wooded areas.
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