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Vegetable gardens and native flowers > grass
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Monoculture lawns suck and they need to go! We're a little bit more aggressive and we post a lot more memes than the average native or no lawn sub reddit. We don't care that much if you swear because, fuck lawns!
This is a serious question... why do front yards exist at all? Put my fuckin' house closer to the curb and give me that room in the backyard, where it's actually usable!
I would rather have my house set back a bit from the street. A little farther from road noise, and if there's a car accident, I'd rather vehicles ended up in my yard than in my house. I don't know if that's actually the reason though. And it still doesn't need to be a lawn in front, even if there's a bit of space.
Grow a bunch of trees in front yard.
Car through the front door
Because street canyons are no fun.
Looks pretty fun to me
Why can't you use the space in the front yard?
I can, but it's not as pleasant - cars driving by, and less privacy. There's just literally no benefit and several minor drawbacks in comparison to the back
So you'd rather put your house, your literal living space, closer to the place with more cars and less privacy?
Ah, but you seem to be missing an important part... my front yard isn't made of walls
Ideally the front bit of your house also has things like windows and doors, which kinda negate the whole "less cars and more private" points.
...you feel the same amount of privacy in your living room as you do in your front yard?
You feel the same amount of privacy in your living room when it's right up next to the curb vs. set back a couple dozen feet?
Pretty damn close? 🤷♂️ if necessary, I can always close the blinds.
Then you're blessed to live in a place with no vehicles or pedestrians. The rest of us aren't so lucky
No, I think you're still missing the part about the walls and the blinds
And you're still missing the part about windows and doors, so I guess we've reached a stalemate.
...so you don't know what blinds are? You could also use curtains!
Neither blinds nor curtains block road noise, unless you spend thousands (per window) on specialty acoustic materials.
And I don't understand how you're trying to spin "just keep your windows blocked all the time, who needs pleasant views or sunshine in their home" as a positive.