This is fun.
They belong in our Mediterranean climate because they do just fine. You don't see them in Montana or Minnesota. And it's just a tree. It is just so sinfully delightful to upset people who are wrapped around the axle about a tree.
Palms in the PNW enrage me, but I'm not annoyed by them when they're somewhere they belong.
This weekend I'll probably make a trip to the willamette valley to poison a few dozen palm trees.