I joined a guerilla mission to turn city trees into fruit trees

[procon]

1. That doesn't seem like a very good idea.

First, the blossoms would attract bees for pollination. Can you picture a crowded sidewalk filled with pedestrians trying to run a gauntlet of trees to escape from swarms of bees and bugs? The spent blossoms would also litter the sidewalk, attracting other pests. If the trees bear fruit, the birds and rodents will likely eat their share long before it ripens. The spoiled fruit will rot and eventually fall off, attracting other pests that leave more of a mess on the sidewalk, causing people to give the trees a wide berth and creating traffic problems. Shop owners wouldn't be happy. City services will have to come to clean up the mess, and possibly even remove the trees.