it's true, that's exactly how we got our street tree, but a) it took an extremely long time to get the tree in the first place and b) the tree itself was rather

it's true, that's exactly how we got our street tree, but a) it took an extremely long time to get the tree in the first place and b) the tree itself was rather lackluster, though now we're on year 3 of it and it's... ok. if I knew then what I know now I would've just gotten my own tree (one of the ones on the approved list) to get a nicer tree up front. as for planting the trees without the permission of the resident responsible for that parkway, like I said in that previous comment, it doesn't do much good if the folks don't take care of them. we've also learned the hard way that doing things that seem additive to the hood are not always taken that way by neighbors and can cause conflict. been on the end of that a couple of times already. that said, maybe I'll stop talking about doing this and actually try it and see what folks say.