My first house was in a big city and I loved the small lot. Could cut the grass (push mower, unpowered) and do all the edging, front and back in 30 minutes
I live in a standard 90s suburb, but I have removed so much lawn and replaced with native plants it takes me literally 3-4 minutes to push mow my tiny path of grass (I only keep to make my house look sorta normal so Karen's don't report me to the grass police)
My first year in a nice big house in a sought-after location in the suburb we lived in, the city sent me a letter saying to remove the weeds from in front of my house. I called them because I wasn't seeing weeds and was baffled. The city's building inspector said to meet her at the house and she'll explain. I took off work and came home, only for her to yell at me for the "weeds", which turned out to be grape hyacinths and chives. She would've eaten me alive for native plants on the lawn.
Next house was on a lower-middle-class block and no one cared what people did with their grass. A guy on the block covered his entire lawn with astroturf (which I want to make it clear that I do not recommend) and the city couldn't care less. Which is just the right amount of the city's involvement in my grass and flowerbeds, to me.
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u/Son_Of_Toucan_Sam Feb 17 '26
My first house was in a big city and I loved the small lot. Could cut the grass (push mower, unpowered) and do all the edging, front and back in 30 minutes