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Seattle activists occupy old cedar tree to stop it being cut down for housing
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
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Strange that they wouldn’t just build the housing around it. Cutting down trees lowers property value.
This isn't so much a Seattle proper thing, but I've never understood why all the housing developments in the suburbs clear all the trees on the lots before building houses. From what I understand, it's cheaper and quicker to build on cleared land and the builders can sell the timber, but I'd think that people would be willing to pay more for a house in a nice wooded area that distracts from how disgusting these neighborhoods are with houses that all look the same 5ft apart from one another.