Had a big row here recently. This huge live oak—probably 400 years old or better was whacked to make room for another gas station. Like we need another gas station, and they put this one up right beside an abandoned one. Shaking head. Everybody was real upset. Course I can see the landowner’s POV. He told some of the crowd that if they’d give him as much money for the tree as he was getting for the lot, he’d be glad to leave it. Sigh.
OTOH, it took them all day to get it down and they tore up some of their equipment doing it. Not much consolation, but it eased the sting some.
Not that I’m a treehugger or anyhting, but... I do love big old trees and I hate parking lots.
Yes I know what you mean, property rights and all that but huge old trees are wonderful and we hate to see them cut down. we lost one of the biggest pines I have ever seen when our street was widened and turned into a main thoroughfare.