I love a happy ending. We have had them in our townhome development since the developer bought a train car full of those crap trees. Many of them were taken out by winds and hurricanes, because they are so top-heavy and unstable. Others have survived, but are terribly misshapen because multiple limb structures crack and fall off, and the remains require expensive pruning with a cherry picker. The ones that are as old as the houses unpruned are now taller than the two-story houses and encroach on both side neighbors' yards, requiring them to shell out for pruning, and ruin the small front lawns, between too much shade and too much leaf drop of spring blooms or autumn leaves. I don't hate much, but I hate that species.
Yep. A horrible choice, the favorite of developers .
Misshapen trees from missing limbs, a good rain storm or freeze always took the toll on them.
A neighbor had one in their back yard, in a corner. After 30+ years in the sheltered spot, it was huge .
New owner moved it, pruned it and it was dead within a few months and then cut down.
Another horrible landscape plant are Red Tips Photinia .