What's dirty to one resident is loved by another

And I'm not talking about anything obscene.

My mention in this post of a question brought to me regarding the existence of cottonwood trees - and their attendant white fluff that blows around for a few weeks in the Spring - has elicited a few comments from other residents.

I thought I'd share with you the process I went through after getting a resident question and you can let me know what if anything you might have done differently or would do differently.

First, I did some research on my own and here are a couple of interesting things I learned: