[RP TownTalk] Income Inequality: Count the Trees

[Maureen Farrington]

It says all the way at the end of article that at a certain point you can't
tell the difference between high-income and incredibly-not based on the
tree cover.  So, folks who put this together are aware it doesn't hold for
all cases.

>From the article:

There was, however, one countertrend. De Chant observes that extreme
poverty and and extreme wealth often look the same from space.

“[P]arts of Detroit or New Orleans that have been through really tough
times have reverted back to more greenery. As houses have been torn down,
the land has returned to a wilder state, ironically making it appear in
satellite photos to be more similar to wealthy areas than poor ones.
Vegetation and income inequality run on a circular spectrum, I guess, with
areas of extreme poverty nearly indistinguishable in satellite photos from
areas of extreme wealth.”

-m

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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