Trees hate poor people

SK-1 · 05-31-2012, 05:53 AM

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Tim De Chant at Per Square Mile has noted that rich urban areas have way, way more trees than poor areas in the same city. In fact, the difference is so stark that income inequality can be seen from space. The satellite images above are low-income West Oakland and high-income Piedmont, and I probably don’t have to tell you which is which.
De Chant has collected images from four U.S. cities and two international cities, and in every one, the wealthier areas are conspicuously more leafy. Since trees increase property values, this is a classic case of the rich being given whatever they need to get richer. And considering the other things trees do for us, it’s also a case of the rich getting to be smarter, cooler, and have fewer allergies.Below are satellite images from Google Earth that show two neighborhoods from a selection of cities around the world. In case it isn’t obvious, the first image is the less well-off neighborhood, the second the wealthier one.

http://persquaremile.com/2012/05/24/...en-from-space/

de.das.dude · 05-31-2012, 06:17 AM

there is a simple explanation. poor people dont bother about ecology.

erocker · 05-31-2012, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by de.das.dude

there is a simple explanation. poor people dont bother about ecology.

In cities trees are generally taken care of by public workers. Not poor people or rich people.

remixedcat · 05-31-2012, 07:54 AM

and my area they keep cutting trees down.... yuck... making it look more like ass.... bleh.

FordGT90Concept · 05-31-2012, 08:01 AM

Maybe because in low land value areas, they tend to remove the tree altogether where in high land value areas, they tend to trim them.

*DanTheBanjoman* · 05-31-2012, 10:17 AM

Why don't I make the news every time I say something retarded?

cdawall · 05-31-2012, 12:07 PM

Maybe its the fact that poor people have less land meaning to get a bigger house on less land you have less of a yard which means a tree doesn't fucking fit. Or I guess they could be rigt poor people hate trees.

de.das.dude · 05-31-2012, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by erocker

In cities trees are generally taken care of by public workers. Not poor people or rich people.

if someone goes an drops their trash at the base of a sapling, it wont live long.
i suppose thats what happens?

or maybe the public workers are too scared to enter the poor people zones XD

Hate_Camel · 05-31-2012, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by cdawall

Maybe its the fact that poor people have less land meaning to get a bigger house on less land you have less of a yard which means a tree doesn't fucking fit. Or I guess they could be rigt poor people hate trees.

This.

Smaller lots on narrow streets=no room for trees.

My front "yard" is only about 2 feet to the street but there's still 2 palm trees.

Also I think it's that people care less about how things look in lower income neighborhoods.

remixedcat · 05-31-2012, 05:37 PM

thing is if they did start caring they would feel better and not resort to doing stupid shit like bath salts and acid and actually do more with themselves....

really it's just them using their own control mechanism against themselves. pretty fucked up.

SK-1 · 05-31-2012, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by remixedcat

thing is if they did start caring they would feel better and not resort to doing stupid shit like bath salts and acid and actually do more with themselves....

really it's just them using their own control mechanism against themselves. pretty fucked up.

So True.

Everyones a victim in our country. Its never their own fault. Too hard to plant a tree or even a bush...so just blame him and everyone else.

yogurt_21 · 05-31-2012, 06:16 PM

totally fails in the southwest.

get to the same elevation on Fountain Hills, AZ a very wealthy area.

Then compare that with cass corridor, Detroit, MI.

look way more green in the poor area. lol

or better yet, go to Ottawa, KS, trees trees everywhere but not a job in sight. seriously lol

Hate_Camel · 05-31-2012, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by remixedcat

thing is if they did start caring they would feel better and not resort to doing stupid shit like bath salts and acid and actually do more with themselves....

really it's just them using their own control mechanism against themselves. pretty fucked up.

I don't think planting trees is going to solve poverty and I don't think many poor people do acid either, lol.

theJesus · 05-31-2012, 06:52 PM

This is just showing the difference between "suburban" and "urban".

remixedcat · 05-31-2012, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Odameyer

I don't think planting trees is going to solve poverty and I don't think many poor people do acid either, lol.

it will at least make people feel better and as a result they might do more with themselves.... instead of sulk about how bad everything is...

theJesus · 05-31-2012, 09:57 PM

As an aside, I'd like to point out that there are a fuckton of trees in my neighborhood and the neighborhood I'll be moving into (which is only a few miles away). It's funny looking at the google maps satellite view for my area, then going ~5 miles south to downtown Canton and it's just bare.

remixedcat · 05-31-2012, 10:43 PM

downtown canton had the wierdest vibes....

now north canton's vibes were nice and so was around the tallmadge area, but downtown akron's vibes were baaaad. we avoided that area... now medina has nice vibes and so does fairlawn and west akron.

theJesus · 05-31-2012, 10:54 PM

I avoid downtown akron and canton like the plague lol. I absolutely hate working in those areas. Out of all the Walgreens stores I've been to so far, only a handful had gates on the doors at night. Guess where those were? lol

The GF works in fairlawn and I used to work at PC repair shop there also. That's a really nice area, but lots of traffic (although probably nothing compared to places like NYC).

~~My sister (not the stupid one) lives in Medina. That's a bit of a hick area.~~ Oops, no, that's Minerva.

remixedcat · 05-31-2012, 11:32 PM

some area NE of akron also had good vibes... forget what it was called

xaira · 05-31-2012, 11:58 PM

where im from everyone has fruit trees..why? because f%^k the grocery that's why

theJesus · 06-01-2012, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by remixedcat

some area NE of akron also had good vibes... forget what it was called

How far? Cuyahoga Falls?

remixedcat · 06-01-2012, 12:23 AM

Kinda rings a bell.....

ninkobei · 06-01-2012, 02:19 AM

Know what else trees hate?

05-31-2012, 07:54 AM	#4
remixedcat Skooma Addicted Moderator Join Date: May 2010 Location: a dream within a dream Posts: 10,558 Thanks: 4,736 Thanked 4,975 Times in 3,072 Posts Dislikes: 127 Disliked 101 Times in 83 Posts	and my area they keep cutting trees down.... yuck... making it look more like ass.... bleh. __________________ "stop my bleeding with your hand or let me fly to heaven my friend, 45 seconds from now on the rest of my life.....rescue me or let me fly tonight!"

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remixedcat Skooma Addicted Moderator Join Date: May 2010 Location: a dream within a dream Posts: 10,558 Thanks: 4,736 Thanked 4,975 Times in 3,072 Posts Dislikes: 127 Disliked 101 Times in 83 Posts	thing is if they did start caring they would feel better and not resort to doing stupid shit like bath salts and acid and actually do more with themselves.... really it's just them using their own control mechanism against themselves. pretty fucked up. __________________ "stop my bleeding with your hand or let me fly to heaven my friend, 45 seconds from now on the rest of my life.....rescue me or let me fly tonight!"

05-31-2012, 06:16 PM	#12
yogurt_21 Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 3,459 Thanks: 7,351 Thanked 1,665 Times in 991 Posts Dislikes: 69 Disliked 20 Times in 17 Posts	totally fails in the southwest. get to the same elevation on Fountain Hills, AZ a very wealthy area. Then compare that with cass corridor, Detroit, MI. look way more green in the poor area. lol or better yet, go to Ottawa, KS, trees trees everywhere but not a job in sight. seriously lol __________________ 1 WITCH. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. 2 WITCH. Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin'd. 3 WITCH. Harpier cries:—'tis time! 'tis time! 1 WITCH. Round about the caldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw.— Toad, that under cold stone, Days and nights has thirty-one; Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot! ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. Last edited by yogurt_21; 05-31-2012 at 06:18 PM.

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theJesus Abusive nutcase moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Where the broken things are Posts: 19,083 Thanks: 21,364 Thanked 8,900 Times in 5,635 Posts Dislikes: 446 Disliked 196 Times in 170 Posts	This is just showing the difference between "suburban" and "urban". __________________ "Oh come on. Quit making excuses already. Even in a weird position, and doing it manualy, it only takes a couple of minutes. You are just being OCD about it or something." - Wile E "OMG the chair I'm sitting on! It has a penus!! " - Black Panther "Signatures should not contain quotes. It makes no sense." - DanTheBanjoman I doesnt afraid of anything!

05-31-2012, 06:17 AM	#2
de.das.dude Banned Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wild Wild West Posts: 8,535 Thanks: 3,338 Thanked 77 Times in 54 Posts Dislikes: 256 Disliked 740 Times in 518 Posts	there is a simple explanation. poor people dont bother about ecology.

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cdawall Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: some AF base Posts: 1,495 Thanks: 31 Thanked 649 Times in 371 Posts Dislikes: 7 Disliked 36 Times in 31 Posts	Maybe its the fact that poor people have less land meaning to get a bigger house on less land you have less of a yard which means a tree doesn't fucking fit. Or I guess they could be rigt poor people hate trees.

05-31-2012, 09:57 PM	#16
theJesus Abusive nutcase moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Where the broken things are Posts: 19,083 Thanks: 21,364 Thanked 8,900 Times in 5,635 Posts Dislikes: 446 Disliked 196 Times in 170 Posts	As an aside, I'd like to point out that there are a fuckton of trees in my neighborhood and the neighborhood I'll be moving into (which is only a few miles away). It's funny looking at the google maps satellite view for my area, then going ~5 miles south to downtown Canton and it's just bare. __________________ "Oh come on. Quit making excuses already. Even in a weird position, and doing it manualy, it only takes a couple of minutes. You are just being OCD about it or something." - Wile E "OMG the chair I'm sitting on! It has a penus!! " - Black Panther "Signatures should not contain quotes. It makes no sense." - DanTheBanjoman I doesnt afraid of anything!

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remixedcat Skooma Addicted Moderator Join Date: May 2010 Location: a dream within a dream Posts: 10,558 Thanks: 4,736 Thanked 4,975 Times in 3,072 Posts Dislikes: 127 Disliked 101 Times in 83 Posts	downtown canton had the wierdest vibes.... now north canton's vibes were nice and so was around the tallmadge area, but downtown akron's vibes were baaaad. we avoided that area... now medina has nice vibes and so does fairlawn and west akron. __________________ "stop my bleeding with your hand or let me fly to heaven my friend, 45 seconds from now on the rest of my life.....rescue me or let me fly tonight!"

05-31-2012, 10:54 PM	#18
theJesus Abusive nutcase moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Where the broken things are Posts: 19,083 Thanks: 21,364 Thanked 8,900 Times in 5,635 Posts Dislikes: 446 Disliked 196 Times in 170 Posts	I avoid downtown akron and canton like the plague lol. I absolutely hate working in those areas. Out of all the Walgreens stores I've been to so far, only a handful had gates on the doors at night. Guess where those were? lol The GF works in fairlawn and I used to work at PC repair shop there also. That's a really nice area, but lots of traffic (although probably nothing compared to places like NYC). ~~My sister (not the stupid one) lives in Medina. That's a bit of a hick area.~~ Oops, no, that's Minerva. __________________ "Oh come on. Quit making excuses already. Even in a weird position, and doing it manualy, it only takes a couple of minutes. You are just being OCD about it or something." - Wile E "OMG the chair I'm sitting on! It has a penus!! " - Black Panther "Signatures should not contain quotes. It makes no sense." - DanTheBanjoman I doesnt afraid of anything!

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remixedcat Skooma Addicted Moderator Join Date: May 2010 Location: a dream within a dream Posts: 10,558 Thanks: 4,736 Thanked 4,975 Times in 3,072 Posts Dislikes: 127 Disliked 101 Times in 83 Posts	some area NE of akron also had good vibes... forget what it was called __________________ "stop my bleeding with your hand or let me fly to heaven my friend, 45 seconds from now on the rest of my life.....rescue me or let me fly tonight!"

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xaira Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Port Of Spain, Trinidad Posts: 485 Thanks: 1,166 Thanked 516 Times in 153 Posts Dislikes: 12 Disliked 4 Times in 4 Posts	where im from everyone has fruit trees..why? because f%^k the grocery that's why

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remixedcat Skooma Addicted Moderator Join Date: May 2010 Location: a dream within a dream Posts: 10,558 Thanks: 4,736 Thanked 4,975 Times in 3,072 Posts Dislikes: 127 Disliked 101 Times in 83 Posts	Kinda rings a bell..... __________________ "stop my bleeding with your hand or let me fly to heaven my friend, 45 seconds from now on the rest of my life.....rescue me or let me fly tonight!"

06-01-2012, 02:19 AM	#23
ninkobei Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 518 Thanks: 97 Thanked 298 Times in 138 Posts Dislikes: 5 Disliked 11 Times in 9 Posts	Know what else trees hate?

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