gardeners against Bradford pears

During lunch yesterday, I read an entertaining article by Kim Green on how to become a gardener, and I was struck by her hatred of Bradford pears (I think there are at least four jabs at them in the piece; bamboo gets at least three).

So I looked them up just now, and lo, there's a 2011 post by Southern Living's Grumpy Gardener titled I Just Hate Bradford Pears. So there you go.