I think what he is pointing out is the paradox of walking inside a house int he middle of the redwood forest. If you're a hiker, it's a wonderful place to hike. I'm not a hiker, but hell I would love to spend the entire day walking in the redwood forest.

Not sure that I'd jump to the conclusion of him personally destroying the redwood forest in order to live there. I think much of the bay area was redwood forests which were used to build houses and boats etc, over the last few hundred years.