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Cities are hot. Cities with lots of mature trees providing shade on the sidewalks make it a lot more bearable.

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Merely eliminating a lot of the black heat sinks (i.e. parking lots) and replacing them with native grasses would do a lot to help keep city temperatures a touch more reasonable.

Asphalt both absorbs and radiates heat like mad.

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