It's also a hedge against rent, though in that case one must do a lot of maintenance personally. As to kids, those of us who grew up in suburbia have a fondnes

It's also a hedge against rent, though in that case one must do a lot of maintenance personally. As to kids, those of us who grew up in suburbia have a fondness for a yard, garden, and air gap between living spaces. Now if only the former owner had not put so many landscaping pebbles and bushes...