Whatevah

You know, my dad moved into one of those developments twenty years ago and -- you'll never guess -- the trees are now twenty years old, too!  They are as tall as his house!  They shade the whole yard!  Birds nest in them!  Squirrels and rabbits scurry about eating folks' gardens!  This is, of course, a separate area from the strip malls, etc., which (no matter where they are located) are teh suck.

Meanwhile, I live in an inner ring suburb of DC and my last apartment looked out onto the back side of Arlington Ridge.  Nothin' but grass and trees, replete with fox and deer.

Now, I live in a mid-rise apartment building in a distinct neighborhood.  Mostly consists of SFHs with some apartments and THs mixed in, with tree-lined avenues and little local businesses.  It has been a struggle to keep the neighborhood from being "redeveloped" out of existence.

Via  MY.