Tree housing market on the verge of collapse: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through lawn decoration...

Figure 85a. College View: Fallen autumn leaves reveal seriously overbuilt tree housing market.

The picture above suggests that before the current economic crisis, credit was so easy to obtain that children were securing no-interest tree-home loans in order to buy swimming pools and hot tubs for their tree houses.

Modifications to the hanging white pool and powder blue hot tub also hint that this tree house resident has turned to an ingenious hydroponic growing system to raise some cash.

Holes were pierced along the underside of the hanging white pool to grow hanging tomatoes, while the blue hot tub has been given over to growing some form of profitable tree. Below, a closer detail reveals the operations of this money tree...

Figure 85b. College View: Click to enlarge.

That there is still green growth sprouting from the tree house pictured above demonstrates that this is actually the work of a successful hydroponic urban tree-homesteader. The pumpkin seen nestled on a branch above the wooden structure indicates that pulleys were affixed to branches for lowering the bounty of vegetables that are grown to help raise money for paying down the tree-house loan.

Not every tree homeowner has been so lucky. As shown below, abandoned tree houses exist all over the city, even in the hot Highland neighborhood.