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Mobile 155
And one must admit it is a dash of reality in a civilized community. One look at the spread of people over the United States, and most anywhere else, when people moved in to farm of establish towns trees were cut down and other plant growth was controlled. That is just how it has been for several thousands of years.
On the West Coast of the US plant management and fire hazards go hand in hand. That is the very reason for planning commissions. And even then nature gets the last word.
In Yolo County, CA (just a wee bit west of Sacramento) some women's auxiliary planted walnut trees along the roads over a century ago so that when people went out for wagon rides after church in the summer they would have some shade. Along the way, some of the trees died and were replanted, and some were recently cut down for road expansions as more and more car-bound commuters moved in. Mind you, this is a county that, until very recently, was pretty much all farms. Trees were considered precious.
Funny enough, over the past decade or two nut trees have been replacing other crops and now many cyclists are complaining that they have lost their view of the coast range hills on their rides. Meh, the hills are only twenty miles away; ride to them and see them close up.