Minority neighborhoods in Denver have
fewer trees, making them hotter
KUSA-TV [Denver CO],
by
Zack Newmanand Anusha Roy
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
7/15/2022 9:56:27 PM
DENVER — Minority neighborhoods make up more than half of all acreage in Denver, but they account for less than a third of the city's tree canopy, a 9Wants to Know investigation found. Neighborhoods with fewer trees are hotter, which is significant as the world warms. In the 10 Denver neighborhoods with the most tree cover, the majority of residents are white. Only one of the top 25, Harvey Park South, is a neighborhood that is not mostly white. Meanwhile, minority neighborhoods make up 13 of the 25 worst neighborhoods for tree canopy cover. 9Wants to Know compared Denver's 2020 tree
Reply 1 - Posted by:
jalo1951 7/15/2022 10:04:02 PM (No. 1217469)
So go plant a tree on your property. Can I assume you want a government program to instruct and help you wipe after you use the bathroom? Take care of your own responsibilities. I can't handle much more of this "wimpy, whiny, victim mentality". Stop the stupid.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
seamusm 7/15/2022 10:06:06 PM (No. 1217470)
Plant your own damn trees. I did.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
JrSample 7/15/2022 10:07:06 PM (No. 1217472)
They don't know how to plant trees?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Vesicant 7/15/2022 10:08:12 PM (No. 1217474)
Trees are racist. I thought everybody knew that. They have all that tree privilege, being productive and improving the environment like only white people do. Johnny Appleseed was white, doncha know.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bamapreacher 7/15/2022 10:11:37 PM (No. 1217479)
Plant them close together and improve the transportation system at the same time.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bobn.t 7/15/2022 10:13:49 PM (No. 1217481)
Proof that Colorado is racist and fearful of homos.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Birddog 7/15/2022 10:24:28 PM (No. 1217489)
Ya don't have to be white...or Rich, to plant a tree. Then keep it going until it can grow on it's own.
What "poor" (in spirit) people lack is a concept of planting, rather than merely Reaping. Particularly the concept of planting something that YOU personally will not benefit from, perhaps in your lifetime, be it fruit, nuts, lumber...or just Shade.
Whether it will grow slow, or because YOU don't plan on staying in that particular place long...the poor side of town is often people who plan on moving on to someplace better, leaving nothing behind that might make THIS place better, hell the poor side of town people don't even pick up their own trash...let alone someone else's,the only "Fresh Paint" you see is new graffiti., There is a spiritual, internal poverty that precedes the financial.
"People shouldn't waste a moment talking about 'What creates Poverty', nothing does..it is the default position , the start point, and is only the End Point for those that never ask 'What creates Wealth', and attempt to do just that"
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
volksford 7/15/2022 10:52:17 PM (No. 1217508)
Look on the bright side in winter they will be warmer.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rama41 7/15/2022 11:03:20 PM (No. 1217512)
As I recall, Build Back Better would have included 50 billion dollars for inner city trees. Imagine what that 50 billion dollars could have done for inner city charter schools. Let's hope Denver thinks about education before they hire the equity arborists.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
sterling431 7/15/2022 11:03:33 PM (No. 1217513)
Whatever....
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Northcross 7/15/2022 11:13:52 PM (No. 1217518)
Equity arborists! Best post of the day to #9.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 7/15/2022 11:26:28 PM (No. 1217532)
When I moved in to my first home...no trees anywhere. I planted a fir, a maple, an oak, a walnut, an apple and a redbud. The oak is now about 50 ft tall, strong and beautiful and shades my front yard wonderfully. The others are all doing well, too, except for the apple which has it's problems.
I bought them, planted them, watered them and fertilized them for decades.
Drop dead whiners.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
smokincol 7/16/2022 12:42:42 AM (No. 1217568)
exactly!!! they called it the Asphalt Jungle back in the 50's and it only confines and disinherits people of color to these hell holes, where the criminal is the boss and answers to no one
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 7/16/2022 1:44:42 AM (No. 1217587)
I used to live in a city where the council thought it would be a good idea to plant trees in heavily minority neighborhoods. The plantings were vandalized as fast as they could be put in the ground.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 7/16/2022 6:37:23 AM (No. 1217654)
Those durn rayssis trees! Don't want to hang wif "minorities?"
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
franq 7/16/2022 6:44:30 AM (No. 1217658)
Stand in front of the fridge with the door open. That will cool you off.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
chance_232 7/16/2022 7:29:35 AM (No. 1217705)
I have a shocking piece of information. Did you all know that trees produce SEEDS? One could, for FREE, gather up seeds and plant them at absolutely no cost. Sure, getting a full sized tree will take a few extra years than dropping a few dollars at Home Depot for a young tree.
Here's another shocking piece of information. You don't have to plant a tree or seeds. Wait long enough and nature will do it for you. How do you all think those forests came into existence?
Heavy Sarcasm Off.....
Isn't creation Grand!! You can be poor as dirt and still plant a tree.
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Women and children impacted the worst......
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
cold porridge 7/16/2022 12:04:54 PM (No. 1217972)
So why don't the minorities plant more trees in their area? Besides, most of those minorities come from an ancestry of thousands of years living in hotter climates. Its in their DNA to be able to stand the hotter temperatures. Plant more trees.....oh! I forgot...trees are racist.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
broken01 7/17/2022 10:31:41 AM (No. 1218845)
When I moved into my very first home years ago I planted several oak, pear and pine trees. Note a post hole digger is awesome. It took a lot of work and care but now my back yard looks full and green. If you care enough you’ll do what you need to do to get things done. To bad some people don’t think that way. Especially my fellow Blacks who voted for Biden.
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And whose fault is this? Denver has a black mayor and Colorado is controlled by liberal Democrats from top to bottom.