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Old Posted Mar 19, 2018, 10:49 PM
Blader Blader is offline
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Saskatoon-Toronto-Calgary
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Originally Posted by Architype View Post
Much of the areas around the city that were developed in the 50s and 60s were previously farmland, so were not all bedrock and peat. In the sixties, the city had a joint effort with property owners to plant trees at the front of the property when the areas were developed, and most of these streets look half decent now, while many older ones and certainly newer ones look terrible.

Regarding Nflders dislike of trees, that has been changing, but how do your parents explain older areas and streets like Pine Bud Avenue, and Waterford Bridge Road, etc., where the most upscale properties are, and are quite full of trees?

https://goo.gl/maps/Fkw37oywbPL2
https://goo.gl/maps/UAzXu2MyxiS2
Maybe this is a solution if you can't grow trees because of bedrock.

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