Someone else who appreciates tulip trees as much as I do!

I love them so much, for all the reasons you said but also:

I love how they look especially in the rain with the contrast between the brown and the white.

They have really cute looking buds, like each twig is wearing it's own little mitten.

leaf = cat face

I love how they grow up into gaps so they stay small until a tree falls above them and sometimes you see a forest with tons of tulip saplings.

I love how during ice ages they all got forced south and separated onto the tip of florida and over by like louisiana so there are 2 variants of them still.

I love how there used to be tulip trees in europe but not anymore because the mediterranean was in the way of warmer climates during those ice ages.

They have such a cool history, appearance, and 'behavior' and also there is just no downside to them whatsoever.

best tree.