armchaircritic

Many old and wonderful trees adorn my street, and I often admire them as they change with the seasons. However, to my dismay the new owners of one house on my street have completely obliterated one such fine specimen. I noticed a tree surgeon cutting the tree back one afternoon, and assumed the owners wished to regain some natural light into the house (the tree was blocking a good proportion of the font windows). That's alright I thought, nothing wrong with that. Careful pruning is all in good order.

Nay, not cutting back..the walk home resulted in seeing this tree cut down to nothing. We're talking about a tree that is (/was) as wide as my arms strech. Now I know trees of this size damage the foundations of houses, and that every rightful owner must protect their property. But I didn't see them putting weight-bearing masts in the ground. No, too expensive.

I hate to be a wise guy, but I'm gonna bloody complain about this. One example I know of that is similar was a home owner being denied the right to cut down trees on his property for conservation reasons. So I'll want to know who gave permission for this tree to be cut down, if any permission was given, and why. And if no permission was given then people (landlords) will learn to obey the damn laws just like the rest of us have to, and that the 'oh but it's just one tree' mentality cannot wash over the matter.

If everybody cut just one tree down, inculding the millions being removed from citical areas (amazon and others) we'd be suffocated.