| Comment | > My own view on needing more "green" in the city is that we need many more street trees / bushes / general greenery, wherever we can plant them.
As someone who spent 20+ years living on a street with "street trees", it's one of those ideas that sounds great but is an absolute bastard in practice. The roots damage the pavements, the petals get everywhere in the spring, the leaves clog up the drains in the autumn and the sap off the trees fucks up just about anything painted that happens to be near or under the tree.
Trust me, it's not worth the trouble. |
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