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app4that t1_irxwvvs wrote

Reply to comment by Chewwy987 in Stumped New Yorkers Wait Years to Get Trees Planted — But You Can Pay $1,800 to Cut the Line - THE CITY by space_______kat

Owner here (private home)

Love our city tree We sweep up (no blowing into the street) throughout spring summer and fall. It’s good exercise and a way to meet your neighbors.

Norway spruce is messier than some but not as bad as a female Ginkgo tree I suppose. But we would be happy to have any heathy tree.

We also fought for a dozen new trees for our block and after a few years of patient requests got almost all of them.

Roots can be a pain sometimes but again, worth it to have a shade tree in front of our home and it certainly beautifies the city. Birds and squirrels call it home now and it’s lovely to watch it bloom in the spring.

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leg_day t1_is7rikr wrote

And even small amounts of shade can radically reduce your cooling bill in the summer.

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