Originally Posted by avsp Its all to easy for us over here to forget just how diverse America is. I should know better the amount of time I spend on sep-centric forums, ..., I often tell my friends that 'America' doesnt really exist as we think of it. how similar ...
06-30-2008, 09:52 AM
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| Originally Posted by avsp how similar are london and milton keynes?
when my english friends make blanket statements about "america" I point that out and (sometimes) they get my point. either way I order another round and the conversation changes  | ||||
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06-30-2008, 10:09 AM
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06-30-2008, 10:23 AM
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| Originally Posted by Phantom I see two
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06-30-2008, 10:40 AM
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| Originally Posted by 7960 I mean big trees, shade trees. I don't know that area of the country well though, maybe they just don't have big trees for shade all over the place.
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06-30-2008, 10:44 AM
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| Originally Posted by Phantom new development, they cut them all down so they can put houses closer together. then they plant 6' trees and tell people they'll be 30' in a few years but don't mention they'll need to be cut down because [:gasp:] the houses are too close together and there's no room.
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06-30-2008, 10:45 AM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est  Pragmatist North Carolina
| Originally Posted by Phantom The trees aren't that big in TX and OK for the most part.. at least not like they are in NC. Some of the oldest neighborhoods in the Dallas have giant ones, but this looks like a pretty new development, so there's definitely not going to be a ton of 30+ year old trees
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06-30-2008, 12:15 PM
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| Master Debator Election Moderator  Democrat Omaha, NE
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06-30-2008, 12:59 PM
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| Originally Posted by DosEquis hey, but then you're one up because you've got that fantastic omaha nightlif..........oh wait
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06-30-2008, 11:36 PM
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| Originally Posted by Phantom We have plenty of shade at our current house, I dont like trees.
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06-30-2008, 11:37 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist North Carolina
| Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95 Who doesn't like trees?
 Big trees increase the price of your home quite a lot. At my grandmothers house, a bolt of lightning killed a huge one she had right in the front.. Split it right in half and part of it fell through a huge, multi-pane glass window in one of the front bedrooms Besides paying for the damage to the house, the insurance also paid some money for a loss of property value because of the tree's death. They planted a new one, but it'll be decades before it's as good as the older one. | ||||
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06-30-2008, 11:37 PM
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| Looks like we bought it, we close on July 25th on our new house and July 24th for selling our old one. Nothing like cutting it close | ||||
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06-30-2008, 11:39 PM
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| Originally Posted by motivez Well its not that I dont like trees but my current neighborhood was built 40 years ago. On my .28 acre lot I have 11 trees...errr scratch that 9 trees, ice storm totally destroyed two of them. Of those 9 5 of them are stupendously huge. Too much shade, kills the grass, and too many leaves in the fall and it allows water to sit in areas that may be hard to get to in a landscaped lawn like my current house so it breeds mosquitos. Basically two, three or maybe even four trees is fine, but 11ty billion trees like I have now? For the lose!
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06-30-2008, 11:44 PM
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07-01-2008, 05:34 AM
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| :: This Space for Rent ::  Conservative Overland Park, KS
| Congrats Trey. Looks nice.  Does it come with a IrocZ?  | ||||
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07-01-2008, 10:07 AM
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| Originally Posted by 6SpeedTA95 The truth finally comes out !!
 Congrats on the house, it looks like a comfy place. | ||||
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07-01-2008, 12:27 PM
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| Originally Posted by motivez they also help with cooling. I don't have a shade tree near my house (my house was built in what was an apple orchard and they cut almost all the apple trees down
 ) but my neighbor 2 houses away has two HUGE trees, one in front and one in back. His house is easily 10* cooler than mine on a hot day because much of his house is shaded most of the day. | ||||
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07-01-2008, 12:36 PM
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| Originally Posted by 7960 In the winter those leaves disappear and one gets the direct sun for heat...
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07-01-2008, 12:39 PM
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| Originally Posted by Phantom there's also less water needed to keep the grass green, more birds/animals, somewhere to hang that tire swing..........big trees are win/win.
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07-01-2008, 02:33 PM
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| For those about to rock...  libertarian Atlanta, GA
| I agree about the trees. My back yard is really shady and I love it... just gotta choose a good grass for it  The front yard has 2 decently sized maples that protect the garage from being a hotbox, but my drive way comes up in front of the front door and front spare bedroom. In the afternoon that bedroom is especially bad, and there's not really anything I can do about it. | ||||
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07-01-2008, 07:58 PM
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| Administrator libertarian Oklahoma
| Originally Posted by 7960 Actually it takes far more water to keep the grass green if you have trees. A big tree will absord thousands of gallons of water in a week or less.
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