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There is a line of big pines on my neighbors' property. The trees have been there since we moved here in 1989, planted by the original owners. The house has changed hands 3 times since 2016. Every family that moved hope to cut the trees, but it was too expensive. Well, today, they are getting cut down. The newest neighbor wants more space to park the several vehicles the family has. They built a carport next to the existing garage just recently. But I guess that's not enough. I don't know why people have to cut out the trees in the spring when the birds and other animals are nesting. It is bad enough that the trees are getting cut out, but it is cruel to destroy habitat when there are young creatures and animal parents trying to raise them. The neighbor up the street has wanted those trees gone for years. He wants every tree gone anywhere in his view. I'm pretty sure he has put a bug in every ear as the house changed hands.
The trees held the hillside in place. The tree hater has systematically cleared his side of the road of trees since he's lived there, and the result is more and more dirt and gravel washing down to my yard. I have r.r. ties lined up to direct the washout further down the edge of the yard. With the big pines gone, I predict that a lot of the new neighbor's yard is going to end up washing down my way. I told them the trees were planted there for a reason, but like everyone else on this street, they don't care about destroying the environment to make a parking place or increase the size of their yards.
The neighbor's daughter, who sold the house in 2016, bought a smaller house across town. She has planted over a dozen trees in her smaller yard there. I let my yard grow wild, and I think I will follow through with planting bushes in the part I don't use. I'm leaving soon for the day and I won't have to be here as they slaughter Nature.
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