It does fit with the other research that just seeing trees makes people subconsciously feel better. If the affluent find it easier to keep trees that must be b

It does fit with the other research that just seeing trees makes people subconsciously feel better. If the affluent find it easier to keep trees that must be because they exert power to do so, which implies they want them for some reason. Same reasons they would pay more to be around them in the first place? The affluent would find it much easier to get rid of trees, even if protected by regulation, and the land value the trees take up is worth more. I think the causation implied by this correlation is implied pretty strongly.