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In reply to the discussion: A solution to affordable housing... that Americans just don't seem to like. [View all]NickB79
(19,219 posts)90% of the yards I see are just blank green slabs. No gardens. No flowers (or damn few, and they're generic non-native trash). A few generic maples and crabapples. The owners spend more time mowing, watering and fertilizing than they do enjoying them, and they bitch about all their water bills, gas, fixing lawnmowers, and the time they spend doing it. That, or they hire lawn company to hose the property down with chemicals. It's a rare sight to see kids actually playing in the yards, a well-maintained vegetable garden, or the owners playing fetch or tossing around some horseshoes.
The vast majority of people who want yards could get the same results if the block housing proposed by the OP had some nicely maintained green space and a community garden with plots to rent.