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“40% of homeowners with lawns pay for landscaping services”?!? Wow. I had no idea the number was that large. That seems so … lazy. EDIT: I should say that I'm

• underseacables 3y ago
  Until my kids are old enough to put to work maintaining the yard, it has been way more convenient to pay someone else.
• mikestew 3y ago
  Higher than that in my neighborhood in Redmond, and it is not even one of the nicer neighborhoods. Myself and a couple others do our own mowing, the rest hire someone. I mean, anyone that can afford to live in Redmond could afford to hire someone, but it would take me longer to write the check than do it myself, because our lots are about 7-8K square feet. IOW, small SFHs on tiny little lots. Half hour of mowing, tops.
• uxp100 3y ago
  Yeah, they cite that, but their rephrasing is a little dubious. If you follow the link, it is 40% of homeowners have paid for landscaping services in the past year. So I mow my own lawn, not much work with a reel mower, small lot, the highest setting, maybe twice a month. However, this spring I hired somebody to trim a hedge that I’ve done myself in the past but requires a tall ladder, which I had borrowed from someone who moved. If you have someone come out and look at a damaged or diseased tree, that would also do it I think (unless arborists are separated out)
• rootusrootus 3y ago
  My yard guy does more and better quality work in 30 minutes than I could do in an afternoon. I’m happy to pay him to do that while I work on the things I’m good at.
• brookst 3y ago
  I’m one of the 40%. It frees up a couple of hours a week, which is all of the hobby time I get. No regrets.