• dismalnow
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      11 year ago

      I feel like the car in the picture is important context. I’m thinking that the home was turned into a business, and the pavement is for parking

  • @panchzila@lemmy.world
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    61 year ago

    Trees are a luxury, growing something like that takes time. I hope they really have a good reason for doing what they did.

    • @torknorggren@sopuli.xyz
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      51 year ago

      The reason is probably “raking is work.” I see this shit all the time in Florida, where we really need more shade trees.

    • AshDene
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      And a public good. They keep things cooler when it’s really hot out, keep things warmer when it’s really cool out, mildly improve air quality, reduces noise pollution, provide measurable mental health benefits, and so on.

      Around here removing big trees is illegal, on your property or not. I’m a fan.

      Open soil instead of pavement also helps reduce flooding during heavy rainfall since the ground absorbs water instead of just making it run off to somewhere else.

      • @brewdtype@lemmy.world
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        21 year ago

        At risk of doxxing yourself, can you expand on where you live? Just curious of the most general area. I love that law!

        • AshDene
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          21 year ago

          Toronto, and the law I’m referring to is a city bylaw.

    • @socphoenix@midwest.social
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      11 year ago

      Considering they also took out the shrubs I’m betting not, though that tree closest to the house the roots may have been affecting the foundation I guess.

  • @axtualdave@lemmy.world
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    51 year ago

    It’s like they heard lawns were bad for the environment, but stopped listening at the part about replacing it with native plants.

  • RandoMcGuvins
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    51 year ago

    Just steal the image and put the source in the body text. That way you’re not redirecting everyone to reddit. Sort of defeats the purpose of the protests.

    • StrikerOPM
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      31 year ago

      Capitalism has drained their soul. They don’t think artistically. They don’t think about nature. They don’t see beauty. Their art is corporate art.

      • Rayquetzalcoatl
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        -11 year ago

        Man I don’t know, that’s weird. Maybe they just prefer it this way? Some people don’t like the cottage/nature kind of aesthetic. I think their house is ugly as sin but it’s just a matter of personal taste.

        • justhach
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          01 year ago

          Thats okay, but then why buy a cottag-y in nature house and then change it instead of buying something more fitting from the get go.

          Even if the house was a good bargain, I cannot imagine the added cost of tearing out all those trees, paving the front yard, and remodeling/updating the interior would be cheaper than just buying a house that was already like that.

  • dotfiles
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    31 year ago

    I would have left the trees alone, but removed the grass and covered it with small black and grey stones. That way the trees would still look nice, and the rain water can still pass through the rocks and prevent flooding, unlike this mess. This looks like a business now, it’s not a home anymore.

    • @ikidd@lemmy.world
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      pass through the rocks and prevent flooding

      Yah, that doesn’t work that way. Water needs to get pulled into plants or water channels created by dead plant root systems, or it just runs off. This is why deserts have flash floods.

  • SpaceBar
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    21 year ago

    Dendrophobia? Agrostophobia? Botanophobia? All 3 wrapped into one tangle of neurosis?