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space_______kat OP t1_irx0lod wrote

Reply to comment by Imagine357 in Stumped New Yorkers Wait Years to Get Trees Planted — But You Can Pay $1,800 to Cut the Line - THE CITY by space_______kat

What's their reason for denying? Did you plant them in already existing pits with no trees?

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Imagine357 t1_irx15li wrote

Nope, perfectly fine pit that used to have a tree before a storm broke it.

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space_______kat OP t1_irx1cwq wrote

Ok

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Chewwy987 t1_irx7yeu wrote

We fought to have them not put a tree down in front of our house. Roots gross Abs mess up your donation but I suppose if your renting you don’t care

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app4that t1_irxwvvs wrote

Owner here (private home)

Love our city tree We sweep up (no blowing into the street) throughout spring summer and fall. It’s good exercise and a way to meet your neighbors.

Norway spruce is messier than some but not as bad as a female Ginkgo tree I suppose. But we would be happy to have any heathy tree.

We also fought for a dozen new trees for our block and after a few years of patient requests got almost all of them.

Roots can be a pain sometimes but again, worth it to have a shade tree in front of our home and it certainly beautifies the city. Birds and squirrels call it home now and it’s lovely to watch it bloom in the spring.

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leg_day t1_is7rikr wrote

And even small amounts of shade can radically reduce your cooling bill in the summer.

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charleejourney t1_irxaxbi wrote

Also you have to clean the leaves as a property owner.

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