This isn’t so much a Seattle proper thing, but I’ve never understood why all the housing developments in the suburbs clear all the trees on the lots before building houses. From what I understand, it’s cheaper and quicker to build on cleared land and the builders can sell the timber, but I’d think that people would be willing to pay more for a house in a nice wooded area that distracts from how disgusting these neighborhoods are with houses that all look the same 5ft apart from one another.
Strange that they wouldn’t just build the housing around it. Cutting down trees lowers property value.
This isn’t so much a Seattle proper thing, but I’ve never understood why all the housing developments in the suburbs clear all the trees on the lots before building houses. From what I understand, it’s cheaper and quicker to build on cleared land and the builders can sell the timber, but I’d think that people would be willing to pay more for a house in a nice wooded area that distracts from how disgusting these neighborhoods are with houses that all look the same 5ft apart from one another.