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Originally Posted by davidmash
I seem to recall reading that in some cities, new home builders are prohibited from just going in and mowing all the trees down. They have to work around the larger ones or leave a certain percentage standing. I did a quick search but did not find anything. My wife remembers it too so I know I am not nuts.
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I don't have any specifics, but yes that is true NOW in many areas.
But it wasn't always, even so the trees kept are really a small quantity, just a token.
And as someone mentioned they scrape and sell the topsoil which doesn't help the land.
My first house I went around the yard with a LARGE roto tiller, the back yard wasn't bad I could turn 3 or 4 inches, some areas of the front yard I could do more damage to the driveway with the tiller.
Vs the house we are in now, built in 55, we have 2 to 3 feet of black dirt before you hit clay.