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Nowhere in this article does in mention that it is city in a forest (we bill ourselves as "Tree City USA"), nor that we encourage people to plant trees right by
by Stronico 9y ago
Nowhere in this article does in mention that it is city in a forest (we bill ourselves as "Tree City USA"), nor that we encourage people to plant trees right by the sidewalks for shade and decoration. You need a permit to cut down a tree of any size (five inches in diameter IIRC) and those permits are often denied if the tree is healthy. Not that that applies in the central business district, but still.
It's a tradeoff, like everything else. When taking the trees into account, Atlanta's sidewalks are about as well maintained as the rest of Atlanta's infrastructure
- klank 9y agoI've never once heard Atlanta referred to as "Tree City USA". Atlanta also is not listed in the Arbor Day Foundation's "Tree Cities USA" list. I believe you're thinking of "city in a forest". Atlanta does have about ~10% more tree coverage than average for US cities (36% compared to 27%). More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_tree_canopy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_tree_canopy
- goda90 9y agoIt is listed though: https://www.arborday.org/programs/treecityusa/directory.cfm https://www.arborday.org/programs/treecityusa/directory.cfm
- klank 9y agoWow, somehow I missed that. Thanks for calling it out!
- ballenf 9y agoI would call an increase from 27% to 36% a 33% increase in tree coverage compared to the average city. Not only that, it's the top tree covered city on the source article for that wiki entry: http://www.deeproot.com/blog/blog-entries/tree-cover-how-does-your-city-measure-up http://www.deeproot.com/blog/blog-entries/tree-cover-how-doe... Also based on that list, the 27% average seems to be artificially high by giving equal weight to cities of all size given how the largest US cities are all well below 20%.
- Stronico 9y agoThere's a sign somewhere nearby that says so - I don't think it's any sort of official designation.