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We don't really have suburbs like the one in the US. Having a perfect lawn that requires constant watering and meticulous care is not common.

boppo1 3y ago
What is the landscaping around single family homes like then? Or do you just have urban & rural without an in-between?
- OfSanguineFire 3y ago
  Google Street View will let you look at plenty of Polish homes.
- wizzwizz4 3y ago
  Trees, hedges, native grasses and shrubs: the kinds of plant you'd probably consider "weeds" in US suburbia. Within cities, there's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraced_house https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraced_house, and there are villages in amongst the fields and forests of rural areas. Places like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gaeltacht_Park,_Whitehall._Dublin,_Ireland_-_geograph.org.uk_-_332084.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gaeltacht_Park,_Whitehall... are the closest I've really seen to US suburbia, and it's always been within walking distance of a food shop.
- cogman10 3y ago
  I'm the EU, most homes are terraced. There may be a back and front yard, but they will be tiny compared to a US home. Single family homes are both expensive and uncommon as land is generally more of a premium.
  - seszett 3y ago
    Even in Belgium, one of the highest density countries in the EU, most existing and newly built houses are semi-detached, with about twice as much semi-detached + detached houses as there are terraced houses. In France, terraced homes are rather uncommon outside the North close to Belgium, and old city centers. In fact, I don't even know if we have a name for detached houses, as far as I know they're just called "a house" while a terraced house is a "city house". So I don't have the numbers for all of the EU but I don't think most homes are actually terraced homes in the EU. And people do have grass lawns, but only where grass actually grows without too much care needed. Where I come from on the coast grass doesn't grow well on the sandy ground and lawns are uncommon, but a few kilometres inland if you don't do anything you get a mostly-grass lawn, with a lot of clover, daisies and often orchids growing in it.
  - avgcorrection 3y ago
    > I'm the EU Wow, sounds large. But fitting dropped word for such a big generalization.
mozman 3y ago
I have care for my lawn and put a lot of effort into it, with most of my prop being grass with a small portion that is gravel

boppo1 3y ago

What is the landscaping around single family homes like then? Or do you just have urban & rural without an in-between?

OfSanguineFire 3y ago
Google Street View will let you look at plenty of Polish homes.
wizzwizz4 3y ago
Trees, hedges, native grasses and shrubs: the kinds of plant you'd probably consider "weeds" in US suburbia. Within cities, there's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraced_house https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraced_house, and there are villages in amongst the fields and forests of rural areas. Places like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gaeltacht_Park,_Whitehall._Dublin,_Ireland_-_geograph.org.uk_-_332084.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gaeltacht_Park,_Whitehall... are the closest I've really seen to US suburbia, and it's always been within walking distance of a food shop.
cogman10 3y ago
I'm the EU, most homes are terraced. There may be a back and front yard, but they will be tiny compared to a US home. Single family homes are both expensive and uncommon as land is generally more of a premium.
- seszett 3y ago
  Even in Belgium, one of the highest density countries in the EU, most existing and newly built houses are semi-detached, with about twice as much semi-detached + detached houses as there are terraced houses. In France, terraced homes are rather uncommon outside the North close to Belgium, and old city centers. In fact, I don't even know if we have a name for detached houses, as far as I know they're just called "a house" while a terraced house is a "city house". So I don't have the numbers for all of the EU but I don't think most homes are actually terraced homes in the EU. And people do have grass lawns, but only where grass actually grows without too much care needed. Where I come from on the coast grass doesn't grow well on the sandy ground and lawns are uncommon, but a few kilometres inland if you don't do anything you get a mostly-grass lawn, with a lot of clover, daisies and often orchids growing in it.
- avgcorrection 3y ago
  > I'm the EU Wow, sounds large. But fitting dropped word for such a big generalization.

mozman 3y ago

I have care for my lawn and put a lot of effort into it, with most of my prop being grass with a small portion that is gravel