[sarasmom]

I refer you back to the article.

“They” tried to work with him.
It seems he was the one guilty of demanding the “all or nothing” approach.
Banana trees in a crowded complex would more correctly be called nuisance plants, rather than desirable or beneficial.

Aside from the problem of large fronds breaking off and being blown around, I wonder what kind of insects and pesky critters are attracted to banana trees. I imagine spiders, roaches, and rats are a given...can you see the harm yet?

Some rules are stupid. Some are very sensible.

[aruanan]

Aside from the problem of large fronds breaking off and being blown around, I wonder what kind of insects and pesky critters are attracted to banana trees. I imagine spiders, roaches, and rats are a given...can you see the harm yet?

Just regular palm trees have all these. And there are bazillions of them around. As far as rats living on bananas, there are citrus rats also and no one is talking about getting rid of all the citrus trees.

[Smokin' Joe]

Darned nasty foliage, anyway. Fronds, leaves, fruit, and those pesky critters (Which are attracted to garbage and quiet corners anywhere in an urban environment). Spiders, roaches, and rats are famous urban denizens--with or without banana trees.

What's done is done. We disagree about it.