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When we lived in Japan, we had a nice view out of the back of our base housing (farm fields with mountains in the distance). That was pretty cool, even as a kid.

We lived in an Apt near downtown for about 7 years and had a great view of the Houston skyline which was pretty cool (saw some beautiful sunrises from the 5th (top) floor).

Now we live in the country, and have a hay field to the west with trees past that (nice sunsets), a ravine to the east with trees for nice sunrises, to the South we have trees that block any view of I-10 and to the north a few of our acres with trees at the edge which blocks any view of 90 that we would otherwise have.

I think we're going to finish some renovations on this place and then sell it and move back to the burbs (Friendswood) to be near the grandkids. It's going to be tough to get a view. Most of the views down that way are because you've got a "creek" in your backyard which means the house has flooded, and we don't want that. In the burbs, I think you best bet is usually nice landscaping and an attractive wooden privacy fence.