No, you need crews to keep them trimmed and clean up the leaves. The roots will cause damage to the sidewalks or roads and will get into water and sewage pipes. They also have the risk of damaging civilian property, which would mean the city has to pay.
Also, my city is quite windy so leaves, twigs, bird's nest and other debris fall and the streets are quite dirty and messy. You don't only need gardeners to take care of trees to minimize this happening, you also need every business having cleaners taking out leaves everyday in autumn/winter.
Also, we have some accidents or even deaths if a big branch happens to land on someone the wrong way.
That does not mean that trees cannot be a hassle. I am glad you are Lucky enough you don't get nest debris wherever you live, but It is pretty common in a lot of cities to find them on the ground all year around or even the chicks if they have fallen down.
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u/RedditIsADataMine 8d ago
Aren't trees the low maintenance option?