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BasileusLeoIII t1_iu0c72c wrote

Reply to comment by PhillyAccount in It's an absolute shame how common and easy it is for developers to take down huge old growth trees in the city. by Zfusco

the trees OP is talking about have lived for longer than these stickbuilt shitboxes they're replaced with will ever last

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AbsentEmpire t1_iu1ljva wrote

So therefore we should build no new housing?

That's a very short sighted take, we can plant new trees and we can build new houses that will benefit everyone today and a generation from now.

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BasileusLeoIII t1_iu1ngm4 wrote

>So therefore we should build no new housing?

yeah that's totally what we said

or the city could consider the preservation of street trees in its permit approval processes when feasible

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