tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post182937895836085355..comments2024-03-11T00:31:41.186-07:00Comments on The Oregon Economics Blog: Economist's Notebook: TreesPatrick Emersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-41863925556297916132009-07-21T04:11:35.646-07:002009-07-21T04:11:35.646-07:00Trees take 20 years to take hold into a large cano...Trees take 20 years to take hold into a large canopy<br />___________________<br />Julie<br /><a href="http://www.directstartv.com/jump.html?referID=oa-0-173189" rel="nofollow">Lock in your price today for Your favorite <br /><br />channels - and keep it there until 2010!</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-57388318251208642692009-07-20T15:03:04.019-07:002009-07-20T15:03:04.019-07:00If we presume more modest housing, I would wager a...If we presume more modest housing, I would wager a guess that 'lot size' is a primary variable. <br /><br />As lot sizes decrease, property values accordingly decrease - but so do setbacks, green space, etc while the opportunity cost of letting a large tree grow where one might instead put another form of yard object increases. As such, often, people choose the alternative yard object. <br /><br />Trees take 20 years to take hold into a large canopy, while often, people sell every 7 years, so to grow, it must escape three or four differing valuations of purpose in a yard. Even in a fairly affluent neighborhood in the west hills, a new homeowner was almost always determinable by a newly missing tree. However, they have more trees to sacrifice over the similar period of time, and less loss of use if they choose to retain a tree.Dann Cutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788286445033083370noreply@blogger.com