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Originally Posted by DefiantNJ
Agree 100%. Life itself would not be possible without trees.
But it seems that in Northern NJ, the richer the town is the more trees it has. For example, Ridgewood, Glen Rock seem to have a lot of trees. Elmwood Park/Fair Lawn? Really noticeably less trees.
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It can also be that they are towns that were established as villages/town centers a long time ago. I've seen pictures of Ridgewood from the early 1900s. East Ridgewood Avenue, their main street, is unmistakable in those old photos. Many of the buildings still stand, and many houses exist from back then. They've had a train since the 19th century.
Fair Lawn, on the other hand, was farmland, which naturally wouldn't have as many trees because they would have been long cut down for the fields. My father (b. 1921) remembered Fair Lawn and Paramus as primarily farmland. They really only started getting more development after WWII, and the houses were capes on small lots. They were never going to catch up with Ridgewood.
Glen Rock was sort of a semi-hick town when I was growing up. It was residential, but a lot more blue-collar than now and still had a lot of wooded areas. Glen Rock also has some beautiful, large older homes, though, similar to Ridgewood.