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Hot take: the BeltLine got worse after the paving finished in 2023

I keep seeing everyone rave about how the BeltLine is so much better since they finished that stretch near the Fourth Ward. But I walked it for years before they paved it, and honestly the gravel had a better feel. Now it's packed with people on rental scooters and groups taking up the whole path. The noise level tripled after they added those speakers at the overpass. Anyone else miss when it was quieter and less like a commercial strip?

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margaretk89•7h ago

Old neighbor told me I was pruning my crepe myrtles all wrong

Been doing landscaping for about 8 years now but an older guy on my street caught me trimming my own trees last spring. He said I was doing that 'crepe murder' thing where you chop the tops off and it makes them look all knobby. Explained how to cut back to the branch collar instead and just thin out the smaller branches. Now my trees look way more natural and actually bloom better, but man did it feel weird leaving them so tall at first. Anyone else get schooled by a random neighbor on something you thought you knew?

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Hot take: the BeltLine got worse after the paving finished in 2023

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