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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nextdoor blowin up because apparently someone cutdown a 'hertiage tree'.  [b]Who gives a crap?[/b] Why do people feel the need to have to stick their nose into every single thing?  Let me guess, the tree huggers out there will shed tears for trees while simultaneously demanding we build affordable housing. Yet when people need to build, the same tree huggers will cry about 'what about the trees and butterflies!!' in order to prevent development.

Good grief, it is a city.  It's already a concrete jungle anyway. People need to mind their own damn business, but I guess that's too much to ask for do gooders who move from saving the whales to saving city trees. Get govt the hell out of over regulating what owners do with their private land.[/quote]

Obviously a lot of people care!    You do know that builders can use other materials other than a heritage tree?  You sound very ignorant.[/quote]

Hi this isn’t 1821, no one is using a heritage tree to build a log cabin.

The real issue is that in modern times, builders can’t actually put in a basement or foundation because a heritage trees roots would prevent that in a lot
Of cases. This thread is filled with dimwits. Idiots who have never put their money on the line, been involved with permitting, arborists, fines, or millions of dollars in order to build a fking house that one stupid tree prevents.[/quote]

Sounds like someone put their money on the line without being quite involved enough with permitting and arborists.

Here's the economic perspective: yes, tree preservation is effectively a tax on landowners, and it falls quite unevenly. However, real estate appreciation in DC has been so great in recent years that anyone who owns property has received a large windfall. The tree preservation "tax" captures some of that windfall. And it sucks to be someone who gets caught in it. But from a public policy perspective it doesn't affect the affordability or availability of housing, because those windfall profits don't create any incentives that change anyone's behavior. At the same time, tree preservation clearly creates public benefits. Those who have to pay for them may feel the benefits don't outweigh the costs, but of course they're going to feel that way. [/quote]

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