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View Poll Results: Do you find trees growing through concrete disturbing?
Yes 16 19.51%
No 66 80.49%
Voters: 82. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-23-2008, 05:57 PM
 
Location: Ca2Mo2Ga2Va!
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I'm not being sarcastic but are supposed to walk on the dirt then?

Exactly!
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Old 07-23-2008, 05:57 PM
 
Location: Naperville, IL
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I'm not being sarcastic but are supposed to walk on the dirt then?
We've done it in the past.
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Old 07-23-2008, 05:58 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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The lime from the concrete is poisoning the ground there.

I think it would look a whole lot better without the concrete.
Since when is lime a "poison"? The millions of trees planted in urban america seem to be thriving off this "poison" from what I can tell.

You're not going to get anyone on boat with you here, so just get over it already. They look nice and add nature to our concrete jungles. It's nature and the built environment side by side and it works great.
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Old 07-23-2008, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Naperville, IL
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Bad Taco Bells bother me.
Taco Bell bothers me as a whole, just hearing the name. Grade F meat.
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Old 07-23-2008, 05:59 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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We've done it in the past.
and they've switched to hard surfaces whenever and as soon as possible. Let's see how well those dirt sidewalks hold up when it rains.
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Old 07-23-2008, 06:00 PM
 
Location: Naperville, IL
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Since when is lime a "poison"? The millions of trees planted in urban america seem to be thriving off this "poison" from what I can tell.

You're not going to get anyone on boat with you here, so just get over it already. They look nice and add nature to our concrete jungles. It's nature and the built environment side by side and it works great.
Its the illusion of nature. They're wasting my tax dollars to keep those trees on concrete alive.
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Old 07-23-2008, 06:01 PM
 
Location: Ca2Mo2Ga2Va!
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We've done it in the past.
Ok, I can only imagine having to walk downtown, through the red mud after a rain...oh that will look great, much better than a tree growing through the sidwalk.

And I like taco bell too.
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Old 07-23-2008, 06:01 PM
 
Location: Naperville, IL
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and they've switched to hard surfaces whenever and as soon as possible. Let's see how well those dirt sidewalks hold up when it rains.
We're talking about the illusion of nature, not the sidewalk itself. It's not natural for a tree to be growing through concrete.
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Old 07-23-2008, 06:03 PM
 
Location: Naperville, IL
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Ok, I can only imagine having to walk downtown, through the red mud after a rain...oh that will look great, much better than a tree growing through the sidwalk.

And I like taco bell too.
Taco Bell was good in the past, but they have greatly declined in quality over the last 8 years.
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Old 07-23-2008, 06:06 PM
 
Location: Houston
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it would look better if the trees were more mature and had more room to grow.
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