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The fact that this is illegal is the sign of a sick society
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That reminds me, I have a couple local golf courses to seedbomb.
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it's illegal because fruit trees encourage rodents. imagine if NYC had fruit trees there'd probably be rodents on every block 😮
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it’s also illegal because being an arborist actually requires training 😱 and a bunch of amateurs incorrectly grafting trees is bad for them 😱
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no no i meant "fruit trees are illegal in the city" as a layup to my bit about rodents
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Does it bear edible fruit that will be harvested? If not, is the idea to spread rotting fruit around an otherwise (sadly but truly) non-wildlife-rich local ecology, to encourage growth of vermin feeding on it? Will that make the sick society better? Is there a holistic ecosystem-recovery plan?
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In my neighborhood back in Kentucky I have unattended plum trees and berry bushes. People eat the fruit when it's ripe and a guy down the block uses the fallen fruit to make plum wine. In a poor neighborhood people will find a use for fruit and nuts. Trust.
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A capitalist hellscape, this is planet.
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If you pair this with the city's tree database you could hypothetically plan a pretty cool operation. tree-map.nycgovparks.org
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Because I genuinely don't get it ... why would one plant a sterile fruit tree?
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Tree is pretty but municipality doesn't want to deal with cleaning up the fruit. Ofc there are much better options as themperor has discussed
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Do you want more rats? Cause this is how a city gets more rats.
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If you see something, no the fuck you didn't.
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Yeah, why tf is that a law? Was there some big epidemic of fruiting trees causing harm? Or is this cuz someone experiencing homelessness ate an apple off one of the trees?