Editor,
I just read an article that urges people to water the street trees. Now there are a couple of points that I would like the city and others to be aware of.
A lot of homeowners residing in 性视界传媒 are retired and on a fixed income. Some were talked into having water meters attached to their homes in order for the city to charge them accordingly for their water usage. With the rising cost of living and rising property taxes, some people cannot afford to have their water bills increase in cost because the city wants them to water those trees.
Which brings up another topic. The trees that the city planted in front of or besides people's homes a few years ago are now overgrown and in need of trimming. Some branches are hanging only a few feet from the ground, making it difficult to cut the lawn.
These trees that the city planted are sweet gum trees. They have planted them by the hundreds in some neighbourhoods. This type of tree drops spiny seed pods onto the grass below by the barrel full. They wreak havoc on the lawn; their surface roots grow above ground, making it also difficult to cut the lawn. Not to mention that walking barefoot on your lawn is deadly.
Most people had no say in where these trees were planted as they have been planted on city property (that area between your actual property line and the roadway).
I wonder if anyone in the employ of the city actually did any research on this type of tree. A lot of cities around North America have become sorry for planting them and are in the process of removing them from their cities. These sweet gum trees are also on a lot of lists of the worst trees to plant in your own yard or on city properties. 性视界传媒 must have gotten a good rate for purchasing these trees.
Here are my final thoughts. If the city wants these trees watered, how about doing their part and start to do some trimming, and reimburse those homes that are on meters for the usage of water. What do you think that the city would do if its residents stopped cutting the lawns of city properties? It was also written in the article that the work crews were too busy planting new trees instead of taking care of the ones in question. I sure hope that the new trees being planted are not sweet gum trees.
Michael Neubert, 性视界传媒