100%l the lack of tree cover everywhere is criminal. Three sticking points in my experience trying to help manage street trees in a neighborhood of 400 homes:

100%l the lack of tree cover everywhere is criminal. Three sticking points in my experience trying to help manage street trees in a neighborhood of 400 homes: 1. Planter strips are too small. This leads to infrastructure conflicts that are costly like lifting sidewalks and exploding irrigation lines. The problem is many municipalities simply have standard streets too wide and planters too narrow. 2. Maintaining trees is an ongoing expense and if not managed by an HOA or municipality the costs explode as individuals have to pay a crew to drag out equipment for just a few trees. 3. Lack of mandatory diversity- my neighborhood is 60% ash because the builder got a good deal 15 years ago after the emerald ash borer was found out east and wasn’t top of mind in the west yet. If the EAB makes a strong foothold entire blocks will be starting from zero again.