Move birch, get out the way

That's a tree joke, mom. I'm not saying anything crass and it's totally related to this post. And no I will not take down my reference to you, just keep reading. Anyway, something that's starting to bug me to no end is the tiny sidewalks here, not only are they super small you can't walk next to your friends, there's trees. There are trees in the middle of the sidewalk. So you have trees in the middle, metal cone/poles on the left, and then overgrown shrubbery fences on the right. There is no winning. And where am I supposed to walk? Can't walk on the side of the road next to the sidewalk, you get honked at and almost ran over, because the streets are all one way and tiny and people also park off on the side of the road, sometimes on the sidewalk (again no place to walk) so cars are trying to avoid hitting parked cars and me who can't walk on the freaking sidewalk. So instead of just cursing this backwards society who does not care for the pedestrian in need, let's think about why in the world anyone would PLANT TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREAKING SIDEWALK?!?!?1 1. There's not a lot of nature or greenery in this small town/village (not sure what you call it) so maybe it's an attempt in order to bring some atmosphere and color into this marble apartment world. 2. The apartments are built so densely compact, tight nit on top of each other basically. There's really no yard, no front yard or backyard. And a lot of people have dogs around here that I've noticed. So maybe it's for the animals, give them something to do their business on so they're not going on the middle of the sidewalk for people to step in, or in the house cause they don't have anywhere else. Maybe the trees are for the dogs, which would make me feel better about them (except they still end up doing business in the road or just the sidewalk, so mission fail?) 3. In an attempt to keep cars from parking ON THE FREAKING SIDEWALK (seriously, why would you do that?) I'm going to plant a tree in the middle of it, now you can't park here. Now the pedestrians have to walk around it, but it is a much simpler task shuffling around a tree than walking around a car into the middle of the road where there are other cars driving, who could hit me. I might have a better idea of why the Greeks would plant trees in the middle of the sidewalk, or at least I think I do. Doesn't mean I'll be happy about it, it's still frustrating, and I'm going to steal the fruit off them. You know why? Because you planted them in the middle of the sidewalk.