I will add that I'm being naive here thinking that EVERYWHERE in the US would do anything, let alone invest in trees, of all things... On a city level, if - sa

I will add that I'm being naive here thinking that EVERYWHERE in the US would do anything, let alone invest in trees, of all things... On a city level, if - say - Chicagoland invested in all of its neighborhoods being beautiful instead of mainly just the wealthy areas near the lake - then you might have more people than expected migrate to the area and drive up rents everywhere, slightly. But I'm skeptical... As much as people like a nice neighborhood, you pick where you live (your metro) mostly based on jobs and your life - not trees. You pick your individual neighborhood that metro based on a ton of factors. Trees could definitely influence that. If trees are everywhere in that matro, then it's a non-factor.