One city set up email addresses for its trees — now people won't stop writing them love letters

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In Melbourne, Australia, the joy of battling an overflowing email inbox isn't reserved for humans. The city assigned each of its trees an email address in 2013 as a way for residents to report problems like dangerous branches, but the program has turned into so much more. The trees have received thousands of emails, and many of them aren't complaints at all: They're hellos, questions, even love letters.

One admirer wrote to Tree ID 1032705 in February:

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.