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There's a big difference between country-lawn and suburb-lawn. Suburb lawn is mostly useless. Front yard is a road buffer that you have to spend time and money
by ashark 10y ago
There's a big difference between country-lawn and suburb-lawn.
Suburb lawn is mostly useless. Front yard is a road buffer that you have to spend time and money maintaining all summer for little benefit, back yard is so large mostly because parks and pools are too far away or don't exist because population density is so low (because lawns are so big).
- et-al 10y agoLawns are arguable, but having a backyard allows one some control over an outdoor space, so they can hold BBQs, a pool, garden, hang laundry, yoga, or place for kids to play. Like the parent commenter said, [we] can't be so certain what will provide any given person with real happiness. For me, I would hate to drive more than 30 minutes for a work commute, but if I have kids who I'd like to enroll in a certain school district, perhaps it's a tradeoff one would make.