>> Or buyers could self-regulate and not purchase a home with an >> unattractive community landscape, and then complain about the fact >> later. >> > > If you're buying a new home today, you don't have a choice. This is partly > because of developer choice, but mostly because pretty much every tree along > the Wasatch front was planted by humans. As a result, the only mature trees > in the state exist only in older neighborhoods.
For the right amount of money you have a choice. There are plenty of homes with big lots and even a few with lots with nice trees. I agree with having to plant trees for the most part though. Where our home sits, there were no trees previously to the developer purchasing the land. It was farm land actually. I assume before the farmer plowed and used the land, there was probably nothing that we'd have wanted in somebody's yard anyway. Brush, etc (and a freaking lot of rocks.) -Dennis /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
