# Can't see the forest for the trees

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-see-the-forest-for-the-trees/728893>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 25, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-see-the-forest-for-the-trees/728893 "2015-08-25T22:12:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-see-the-forest-for-the-trees/728893/21 "2015-08-26T18:02:49Z")

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> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#):
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> A friend and his wife took me to this scenic lookout on a minor mountain near where they lived. I told them it’d be easier to see the nature if they’d cut down all the trees that were blocking the view.

My brother has a strong dislike of public transport of any kind, especially trains. To my surprise, he expressed an interest in travelling with me over the renownedly scenic rail route which runs for 100-odd miles through wild areas of the southern half of Wales. When we did so, however, he gave vent to displeasure and disappointment about the large amounts of trees and woodland close to the line which he found, for most of the run, to block the view of bare moors and mountains. There’s no pleasing some people… perhaps he’d enjoy the journey more, if taken in midwinter.

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