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Originally Posted by Via Chicago
lush tree cover is common in wealthy lakefront neighborhoods, and decimated in outlying areas.
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i don't know about that. we're ~3 miles from the lake and our neighborhood still has very nice tree cover in places that weren't savaged by asian longhorns/emerald ash borers.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9647...7i16384!8i8192
and here's a random street in hermosa, over 5 miles inland from the lake.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9193...7i16384!8i8192
generally speaking, chicago's residential side streets do pretty well with tree cover, but the various invasive tree-killing beetles over the past couple decades have been a true menace here, as they have in many other US cities.
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Originally Posted by Northern Light
Does Chicago have an active program for tree planting?
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yes, the city of chicago's bureau of forestry plants parkway trees for free for any property owner that requests them.