<div dir="ltr"><div>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.<br><br></div>From the article:<br><div><p style="margin-left:40px">There was, however, one countertrend. De Chant observes that extreme
poverty and and extreme wealth often look the same from space.</p><blockquote style="margin-left:80px"><p>“[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.”</p></blockquote>-m<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Sarah Wayland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sarah.wayland@gmail.com" target="_blank">sarah.wayland@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">The article to which I linked listed lot size as the main reason for the difference in tree density. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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). :-)</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">-Sarah</div></font></span><span class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#0000ff">Sarah Wayland, Ph.D. | <a href="http://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/" target="_blank">www.GuidingExceptionalParents.com</a><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#0000ff">Supporting students with learning differences and their families</font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div>
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