That sounds pretty dry, but the evidence is dramatic. Per Square Mile examines the question of whether urban canopy can predict wealth by looking at wealthy and poor neighborhoods in cities around the world.
Here is Seattle’s version:
South Park
Aerial view of South Park neighborhood in Seattle. Via Google Maps.
The Highlands
Aerial view of The Highlands, one of Seattle’s wealthiest neighborhoods. Via Google Maps.
Here’s more information about the correlation of wealth and urban canopy cover.
I think it’s a very fair and revealing point, generally speaking, but I think you may be exaggerating the difference between South Park and The Highlands by not having the images show up on the same scale. At least, it does not look to me as if you’ve zoomed in nearly as tight in the South Park map image as in the Highlands image.
You’re correct that the images are not to the same scale, and I should have been more careful about that.
Here they are again:
South Park:
And The Highlands:
(I hope this hasn’t resulted in multiple emails if you’ve selected that option. I’ve had to fiddle a bit.)