| Comment | Having grown up on a street lined with them, I'm not convinced they improve the air quality that much (though given how bad the air is in Glasgow city centre, it wouldn't be hard to improve). Certainly never made much difference to my asthma but I grew up in a fairly rural area so fair play.
As for maintenance and mess, I've seen those things buckle and bulge tarmac footpaths so bad the council had to fix them every year or two plus we used to be able to fill up the grass bin three times over with fallen leaves in the autumn, even after mulching.
Not to mention the whole issue where they clog drains and create the world's most perfect frictionless surface if it's even remotely cold.
If you absolutely must have trees (and I don't recommend it, at all) at least put ones up that grow slowly and don't shed. Not some fancy beautiful bollocks that sheds everywhere twice a year. |
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