Is your home surrounded by trees?

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United States
July 26, 2007 9:04pm CST
My home is surrounded by Oak trees, I have great appreciations for the beauty that they provide, for the shade they provide, and for the oxygen that they produce... Many people will build new homes and will have the entire home site bulldozed off...every single tree taken down...then they have their home built and a couple of little tree sprigs may be planted...My question is why not leave some of the big mature shade trees...most dozer operators are very talented about their profession and could easily do this... So, is your house surrounded by trees OR are there just a few OR none at all??
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15 responses
• United States
28 Jul 07
there are a couple of palm and regular trees here and there.I hate it when trees are cut down,especially here in florida. florida needs another condiminium like i need a whole in the head
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• United States
27 Aug 07
thanks for best response my friend
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul 07
Nope there are no trees at all but as you know I live in a flat now that I rent and I have the Main road out the front It is a little Village where I live now but there are Parks and there is one just down the road where I take Gissi every Day
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• United States
27 Jul 07
Oh man. I lovelovelove trees and nature in general. If I could I would live in a treehouse...they really have those ya know. But anyway. I'm still young, so young in fact that I still live with my parents, so you can imagine I can't make a lot of calls concerning the garden and whatnot. But I've recently gone on a plant buying spree. I actually only have 3 in my room. But if I could fit more, I would have millions. Plants just bring so much life anywhere. There's not question about it. When I move out, I want my house to be surrounded by nature. I really don't like hearing about people chopping down a dozen trees to build a big house. This world would be so beautiful with more of them.
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@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
27 Jul 07
yes, we have trees all aound our house and I often worry if it 's going to break or fall into bit of pieces on our house
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@lexus54 (3572)
• Singapore
27 Jul 07
I live in what many people term a 'concrete jungle'. We can't afford to live otherwise, because my country is small but it has to house more than 4 million people, and that number is set to grow even higher. Although I am surrounded by buildings all around me, there are also trees and bushes at every nook and corner. In fact, if you come over for a visit, you will be amazed by how green this country is for a city state that is so built up everywhere.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
28 Jul 07
I'm glad to say that ours is still surrounded by trees. Actually come to think of it, every home here has a huge tree. =) Most of them are mango trees too. But it's not only mango tree, people also have a lot of other big trees. That's what you get for living in a location where the people have been residing for a long time. This isn't one of those locust-housing where they live like locusts do, barely no trees nor any greens anymore, all you can see are roofs. Whew, I wish people would at least reconsider about their well-being when they do build a house. But I guess that's life, specially now that the standard of living is high, the income low, and the houses ~ small but overpriced. I'm at my family home by the way. But if ever I would get married, I'd see to it that there would at least be a few greens. The freshness of the day could be felt when there are trees around, and not the view of a hustle and bustle and pollution. =)
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@milott (2646)
• India
21 Aug 07
Yes, it used to surround by trees previously but due to some construction work and new buildings have come up, they have cut those trees and have built apartments there and now we have only concrete buildings surrounding our house!!
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
27 Jul 07
i BOUGHT MY HOUSE 4 YEARS AGO. iT WAS LOADED WITH TREES IN THE BACKYARD. wELL 5 ACTUALLY. oNE HUGE eLM WAS CUT DOWN AS THERE'S A STUMP ALONGSIDE THE BACK FENCE. mY GUESS IS IT WAS WAY TOO CLOSE TO THE FENCE AND RIPPING THE FENCE UP SO IT WAS CUT. tHERE WERE 3 jAPANESE eLMS RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE GARAGE. i HAD TO REMOVE THEM AS WELL. oNE WAS LITTERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH FROM THE GARAGE FRAMEWORK AND HAD ALREADY BEEN CUT TO CONFORM TO THE BUILDING. aNOTHER YEAR OR 2 AND IT WOULD HAVE CRUSHED THE GARAGE. tHE OTHER 2 BY THE GARAGE WERE ALSO TOO CLOSE AND WOULD HAVE to be taken down later so I did it then. I lost a pine tree behind the garage to the weather elements recently as well. In the 50's when this house was built landscapers planted trees all over the yard with most being too close to the structures. Now I have a 60 year old Red Maple in my front yard that is in bad shape and needs to be cut down but I am leaving it there. I've planted 2 apple trees in back. I miss the shade in my back yard a lot. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@Calais (10893)
• Australia
27 Jul 07
We live in the bush, so there are trees everywhere, mainly the gum trees and eucalytus trees...Its beautiful tosee these majestic trees everywhere..
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@Anniedup (3651)
• Richards Bay, South Africa
27 Jul 07
Our house is surrounded with lots of trees. But the Oak tree doesn't agree with our climate and it is such a pity, because it is such a beautiful tree, they grow in abundance in Cape Town though. Apart from the trees we have a huge greenbelt at the back of our plot, it is almost like a forest.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
27 Jul 07
I live in an apartment block and the only trees I see are out the front yard and they are small compared to the Oak trees surrounding your home. If and when we own our home, i hope to have some trees in our backyard and probably one or two in the front for shading as well.
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• India
21 Aug 07
yes, my house is surrounded by a lot of trees. i love having trees. they give us fresh air and great appearance....
@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
27 Jul 07
I live in neighborhood that was formally farm ground. It is sad to see all the crop land being turned into housing neighborhoods. At least, they didn't have to cut down any trees. We are just beginning to have some trees growing bigger around here. We've been getting live Christmas trees for inside our house every year, and then we plant them outside. So, we have some pine trees that are growing. Your home sounds beautiful surrounded by all those trees.
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@rebelann (111284)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Dec 19
I wish but where I am is a desert so I had to plant trees and am doing my best to maintain them. Some trees never make it but I keep trying as I really want to be surrounded by trees.
@vonne28th (1494)
• Philippines
29 Jul 07
Our house is surrounded of a lot of trees and fruit trees. I love planting and so is my family. Every Sunday, we always find time to plant in our front and backyard. It is really good and gives a lot of benefits to our health too!