2026-07-31 18:36 UTC
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@ml@ecoevo.social 2026-07-31 18:38
@sinabhfuil@mastodon.ie I haven't done any scientific study to test my hypothesis, but years of doing street tree study in LA made me hypothesize it happens because people in poor neighborhoods are generally renters and their landlords do not live in the same neighborhood. Whereas the wealthy own their own homes and care a lot about the "character of the neighborhood" where their own dwellings are concerned. They all know that tree cover means higher property values for homes.
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@iBallesty@mastodon.ie 2026-08-01 08:50
@sinabhfuil@mastodon.ie @ml@ecoevo.social to add to the conversation: I returned to Ireland after 30 years abroad and bought a house in a middle class suburb housing estate. I was pleasantly surprised to find out a couple of years later that 10 to 20% of all the houses and apartments in the very well maintained, tree lined estate are actually subsidised housing provided by the state. Ireland has moved from having ghettos of council or social housing to interspersing social housing in existing estates