why bother?
Developer in our town is redeveloping a parcel that used to be a Catholic school. The developer wanted to remove the tree because it was in the way, but a lot of people in town protested . I guess now everyone is happy?
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I find this moderately enraging
Maybe they should scan for unmarked graves, too...
I also expected something far worse than a mutilated tree when I read „catholic…“
I've heard Wranglerstar on YouTube talk about that book. He's quite a character.
Beloved, his character arc has been interesting to watch
Everyone except the tree
Won’t most of the tree grow back after construction finishes? I’ve seen trees severely cut back and after a couple years it’s almost impossible to tell.
It's a silver beach. They are usually planted in front of grand estates and after 100 years, they have a huge crown and massive trunk. There's no way this is coming back.
That hella depends on the kind of tree. Just had a 9 meter hazelnut tree in my back yard cut down to about one meter. Not a leaf left on the thing. Couple months later and it's already back to two meters with a lot of leaves on it. it's expected to be back to about 6 meters next year.
Try that with e.g. an oak though and it'll not go as well.
Not exactly true. A couple of trees got chopped down in the park just in the other side of my fence. New trees starting sprouting all over my lawn from the root. I left a couple grow in and they've been growing at least a couple feet each year.
Source: my backyard
That depends on tree species and damage.
Willow tree would probably survive that without a problem, most other trees won't. Some could be saved with appropriate protective measures, like trimming the roots.
It will take literally decades to grow back to its old glory.
Besides, given how poorly the construction workers treated the tree so far, I guess they won't act gently in the soil and probably damage roots or compress the ground too much.
Flip, I've been cutting down a willow in my front yard annually. Each year it seems to grow back about twice as fast. I enjoy our little game.
There's currently a similar fight to save a massive, old red cedar in Seattle. I haven't been part of the protests, but I hope the protesters win (not holding my breath about it). There's no reason the tree can't be developed around other than developers' greed.
https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-wedgwood-tree-cedar-northwest-luma-droplets-protest-refuge-city-council-washington-urban-canopy-project-alex-service-construction-activists-developer-demolition-housing-development-hall
All I see is a happy tree waving at me
This tree is trying to hail a taxi.
That killed the tree’s wife.
Which maybe why they bothered to keep it at all. Waving for attention.
It’s a very thankful tree. It was strapped into the electric chair and the governor called at the last moment.
Map of my life basically.
I’m doing pretty good in terms of resolving old trauma, and I’ve got a little financial stability finally, but social and love life are nil.
/m/maliciouscompliance
It's gonna hurt me
Developers are scum.
Why is this downvoted so much? Most of them literally get rich from tax money and do nothing but save costs and raise prices, fuck them!