Loads better. And besides, I haven't seen many pine trees...

[The strangely pale and splotched trunks through Shadyside aren't the sort for this aesthetic, and the Old Growth is... Well, he hasn't gotten the impression anyone would want to go in and cut some trees down from it.]

Maybe the metal... saves on lighting bills! Since it illuminates so well.

[He's already floundering in the attempt to brainstorm reasons why they're actually very good and impressive trees. It's a shame, since he means to get one regardless, but it's always better to have a cover story of something positive, just in case people want to ask him things.]