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   From: Mencken@pdx.net   
      
   In article <12kd53kf2vqpc1a@corp.supernews.com>,   
    "gatt"  wrote:   
      
   > "Matthew Beasley"  wrote in message   
   > news:o_Sug.638$ft3.39@news.cpqcorp.net...   
   >   
   > > Now there isn't the room in the current lot sizes to keep the large firs.   
   >   
   > IF they're gone before the buyer ever knew they were there, they won't know   
   > what they could've had. Eventually, a lot of those new hillside suburbs are   
   > going to slide right off the side of the hill like the roads do in the west   
   > hills on very rainy winters.   
   >   
   > You can try to tell this to people all you want, but once they get their   
   > heart set on that view, logic literally goes out the window.   
      
   Firs are not deep rooted trees and will not prevent slides.  That is why   
   Firs do not belong in urban landscaping.  The best option is to just   
   leave the Firs and not build.   
      
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