[RP TownTalk] Income Inequality: Count the Trees

[Audrey Bragg]

I am all for the trees as well and I like the article.  I am not sure that tree density increases wealth, but it sure does make it easier to breathe.  That said, I often wonder why we, as a town, allowed 30 acres of trees to be mown down on the Cafritz property and no one cried out "save the trees".  It just baffles me.  I guess those trees were worthless or the wrong kind to save, or they just weren't what we wanted or on and on....However, a tree is a tree and it does give off oxygen and that's what we need to breathe.

 

 
Audrey Bragg, Broker
Gerrety & Bragg Real Estate, Inc.
301-277-1111 office
301-351-4222 cell

 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
To: TownTalk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
Sent: Mon, Mar 16, 2015 8:11 am
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Income Inequality: Count the Trees


 
  
Two data points that counter the main finding are just that: 2 data points. It didn't say tree density was a "perfect indicator", rather just that it was a "good indicator". There are *obviously* other factors that predict income, and I don't think the author of the study would dispute that fact.   
  
   
  
  
The article to which I linked listed lot size as the main reason for the difference in tree density.   
  
   
  
  
All that said, I'm with Andrew. I like trees, and want as many as can grow on my relatively small lot (my income notwithstanding). :-)  
  
   
  
  
-Sarah  
  
   
  
  
   
   
    
     
      
       
        
         
          
           
            
             
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