Who are they kidding?

[Karen]

Hey, it looks better than just a plain pole with stuff stuck to it, and it contains plenty of bird perching area - I approve!

There's one in Wellesley, Massachusetts - or maybe Weston - right on the Mass Pike. When it first went up I think it has 4-6 branches, and we all thought, "Really? That's all you are gonna add? Everntually they added the rest, and while it does not look "real" up close, it blends in with the trees around itself from a distance.

[mon]

I wanna see a picture of it. I can't really see it in my minds eye.

[phesina]

It doesn't exactly look like a real tree blending in with the others around it, but with the "branches" allowing for bird-perching, that's much better than the straight-up poles.

I'm surprised no one in Ann Arbor .. a.k.a. "Tree-Town" ..has come up with doing that yet!

[Karen]

[cats4ever]

I guess you all have a point, but every time I go this way, I can see it from a mile away, and I just can't get used to it!

[phesina]

Why did they make it SO much higher than the real trees? And with such a different "leaf" color?

[Vette]

Why did they make it SO much higher than the real trees? And with such a different "leaf" color?

Think of it like a look out tower,, the higher it is the better you see around you; but if its the same or average height of the other trees than you get a view of...well.. the other trees LOL

or to be more specific increasing altitude of the tower just ensures that the transmitted signal travels further with less interference.

as for the different needle/leaf color was prolly cuz it was cheaper.
Walmart paint anyone? LOL