bradford pears are rarely recommended these days, they are said to be invasive, but main problem is that they have weak crotch angles and storm will sooner or later make them fall apart.
Our neighbors had two bradford pears and about 5 years ago, both of them split right down their centers into 3 main leaders after a snowfall. I learned about this inherent weakness in reading about it after they both split. Definitely a good reason to avoid them in my opinion.
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