Ha, Ha.
I currently live in an area called "Sherwood Forest"
But the developer DID leave some mature trees and it's now one of the most disirable older areas in my town....
Now I'm moving away onto a fully treed 7.5 acres, that one day I'll be knocking down about 95% of the trees
As a seasoned developer of smaller type developments; there is no way you're EVER gonna keep the neighbours happy, so no bother in even trying. People hate developers more than they hate realtors fwiw.
If we could build a development and salvage the trees to the final construction stages economically to the tune that it would appreciate our land values, we would. There are many factors to consider and when building smaller type city lots, these factors usually out weigh the option.
The days of acre sized building lots is over; unless you want to pay big bucks just for the land? My buddy has done a development here with 2.5 acre sized lots and was able to salvage about 99% of the trees, but then again, he's only servicing them to the lot line.
I get your point Vroom, but there's two sides to the fence