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Trees fight crime!

09/20/2009 8:14 AM by

A 2001 study finds that the presence of trees and maintained yards reduces crime on a particular block:

“Buildings with high levels of vegetation had 52% fewer total crimes, 48% fewer property crimes, and 56% fewer violent crimes than buildings with low levels of vegetation."

“(Researchers) compared street blocks with higher and lower levels of high-maintenance gardening and found fewer problems reported on street blocks with higher levels of high-maintenance gardening.”


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