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re: Tree inequality is rampant in cities, can you guess who it's affecting?
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:45 am to LoneStar23
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:45 am to LoneStar23
Big fricking deal, now people are butt hurt over frickin trees. I'm butt hurt of the mistreatment of white people by white other white people.
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Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:46 am to LoneStar23
Progressives argue about the need for “housing density” to provide affordable housing in cities and are then shocked by the lack of trees ...
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:47 am to LoneStar23
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"academic times"
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:49 am to CatfishJohn
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We're not close to critical mass yet though, so buckle up.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:52 am to TheRock
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Funny, because an article came out a couple of years ago about communities of color rejecting free tree plantings in Detroit.
I shite you not.
Bloomberg had a long thorough article about this that I just read that centered it on the residents mistrust of city government. One-party government rule for 60 years. Literally not 1 Republican mayor or city council member in 60 years.
"They cut the trees down in the 60s so police could fly helicopters over here...why do they want to put them back up now? I don't trust it."
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:53 am to LoneStar23
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The vast majority of lower-income urban neighborhoods across the U.S. have fewer trees per capita than higher-income neighborhoods
It is the fricking city. How much money did they waste in this shite?
Posted on 4/30/21 at 9:56 am to LoneStar23
City folk are getting crapped on. We are cutting down all their trees. I bet they are short on grass(the green kind), bushes, and even weeds(the green kind).
How did we let this happen? How did our cities become over ridden with streets, sidewalks, apartments, office buildings, restaurants and theaters? And to think we sat there and let this sll happen and did nothing.
Now this mega urban concrete jungles are dominating politics and because these poor folks can’t get enough oxygen and they are taking in all that CO2, thry aren’t able to think straight.
They are so confused. They don’t know if they are a man or a woman. Now they say cops are bad and thugs are good. They hate high taxes that they voted for so they move and vote for high taxes in their new towns and cities. They vote straight Democrat and let Democrats run things and when bad things happen they blame Republicans.
We need to help these poor folks. My green new deal would demolish entire urban neighborhoods and replace them with grass, shrubs and trees. The population could be moved to Brazil and populate the areas where the rain forest was; but instead of building roads, buildings and pouring concrete the earth would remain as is and these good folks could live in tents. That way they could move their tent ever month to permit grass to grow she’d it once was.
We need to move fast. Let’s start with Atlanta, Phoenix, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit and Milwaukee.
How did we let this happen? How did our cities become over ridden with streets, sidewalks, apartments, office buildings, restaurants and theaters? And to think we sat there and let this sll happen and did nothing.
Now this mega urban concrete jungles are dominating politics and because these poor folks can’t get enough oxygen and they are taking in all that CO2, thry aren’t able to think straight.
They are so confused. They don’t know if they are a man or a woman. Now they say cops are bad and thugs are good. They hate high taxes that they voted for so they move and vote for high taxes in their new towns and cities. They vote straight Democrat and let Democrats run things and when bad things happen they blame Republicans.
We need to help these poor folks. My green new deal would demolish entire urban neighborhoods and replace them with grass, shrubs and trees. The population could be moved to Brazil and populate the areas where the rain forest was; but instead of building roads, buildings and pouring concrete the earth would remain as is and these good folks could live in tents. That way they could move their tent ever month to permit grass to grow she’d it once was.
We need to move fast. Let’s start with Atlanta, Phoenix, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit and Milwaukee.
This post was edited on 4/30/21 at 10:26 am
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:06 am to LoneStar23
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The vast majority of lower-income urban neighborhoods across the U.S. have fewer trees per capita than higher-income neighborhoods
I've seen it first-hand. Been in our house about 12 years and our neighborhood has lagged more in-demand areas from a property value standpoint, while the number of trees has steadily declined (some due to storms).
At least four owners on our street took down large trees in their front yards in the last few years (three live oaks). One took down a tall tree so they could put up subsidized solar panels (not sure the environment came out ahead). This is before the trunk was taken out-
Another large oak was replaced by a new circular driveway. The others were likely just seen as a long-term expense to maintain or risk of damage in a storm, as they were otherwise sturdy and attractive trees.
These houses all have less curb appeal now. From an "interesting to know" demographic standpoint, 3 of the 4 owners are POC - solar dude is white.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:09 am to GumboPot
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Are articles like this just a function of journalists running out of topics?
Yes, when you are expected to produce news 24/7 you have to find dumb shite to report on.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:16 am to LoneStar23
Smaller lots = less trees
Smaller lots usually = cheaper houses
Cheaper houses usually = minority homes.
Minority homes usually = in the city
In the city = less trees around
Smaller lots usually = cheaper houses
Cheaper houses usually = minority homes.
Minority homes usually = in the city
In the city = less trees around
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:19 am to LoneStar23
I guess these same people missed the whole clusterfrick in Detroit where do-gooders showed up to plant trees in black neighborhoods and the people got pissed off.
Main reasons for being pissed, IIRC, were that no one asked them if they even wanted trees and there were no indications as to whether the people receiving the trees were capable of maintaining them.
Main reasons for being pissed, IIRC, were that no one asked them if they even wanted trees and there were no indications as to whether the people receiving the trees were capable of maintaining them.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:23 am to GeauxTigerTM
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Honestly, this would be a fantastically fun party game...
That’s fantastic and makes it seem easy to make money blogging.
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98% of readers don’t get past the headline before sharing so don’t waste a lot of time on the body of the article.
The OP article seems to have come from this technique. Now we know how so many stupifying articles are getting circulated. It’s all about the headlines.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:25 am to Saint Alfonzo
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The maples?
Didn't they form a union and demand equal rights?
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:25 am to ProjectP2294
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Is there some magical force that is stopping people from lower income neighborhoods from planting their own trees?
"effort"
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:25 am to Ingeniero
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Who woulda thought if you build a concrete jungle that you have to cut down trees?
Did you have to say "jungle"? That's so racist.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:32 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
North baton rouge is very green. There’s tons of trees all over the hood. The only black neighborhoods that don’t have a lot of trees are Gardere (developed from sugar cane fields) and old south baton rouge, which still has a fair number of trees.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:35 am to ProjectP2294
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Is there some magical force that is stopping people from lower income neighborhoods from planting their own trees?
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:36 am to LoneStar23
Posted on 4/30/21 at 10:54 am to LoneStar23
Good lord. I stopped going to yahoo news so I could get away from these stupid articles.
Posted on 4/30/21 at 11:00 am to LoneStar23
We can do this with any topic
I just took a drink of coffee
"Experts tout the benefits of coffee, but coffee is disproportionately consumed by white people while farmed by indigenous people of color in colonized lands. The health benefits of coffee also aren't shared by BIPOC in the United States, who have less access to high quality beans and coffee shops, which typically skip neighborhoods of color. While there is an increased push for responsibility in coffee cultivation, we can't blindly ignore the history of exploitation and impacts on marginalized communities. And we can't ignore the potentially catastrophic impacts on the planet."
Probably took 45 seconds. Someone pick another topic.
I just took a drink of coffee
"Experts tout the benefits of coffee, but coffee is disproportionately consumed by white people while farmed by indigenous people of color in colonized lands. The health benefits of coffee also aren't shared by BIPOC in the United States, who have less access to high quality beans and coffee shops, which typically skip neighborhoods of color. While there is an increased push for responsibility in coffee cultivation, we can't blindly ignore the history of exploitation and impacts on marginalized communities. And we can't ignore the potentially catastrophic impacts on the planet."
Probably took 45 seconds. Someone pick another topic.
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