[s1artibartfast]

Can you expand on your arborist conflict of interest. Are they all dishonest or can you simply ask what the expected lifetime of the tree would be?

[lupire]

It's just a a poster being dramatic. Arborists don't intentionally push to chop down tree that aren't overgrown relative to the space available to them.

The problem is that people like big trees and big houses, and they aren't compatible long term.

[pvaldes]

Yes, they kill trees. Slowly. Overpruning for money is, sadly, too common among professionals.