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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No time! I commute and work long hours to afford this house. I barely have energy to sleep let along caring for a house. [/quote]

This is the part that I don’t understand.  Wouldn’t it be better to sell the large house that is holding you prisoner and buy something smaller closer to your office?  You are in a race to nowhere.[/quote]

Exactly. And if you can afford a large expensive house, you can better afford a  medium sized less expensive house that you can afford lawn care and maintenance for. Money and laziness are no excuse. [/quote]

No worries, I am not doing law care in a small house either. It’s a waste of brain cells. No one is getting out of a historical low mortgage rate to please their average wit neighbors who have no hobbies other than criticizing some grass 😬[/quote]

So a fancy way of admitting your laziness. [/quote]

I can't speak for the PP, but the idea that you're lazy if you don't keep your lawn immaculate is dumb. You don't know what's going on in their life. If they've got some kids, a dying parent, a full time job, and sit on the board of several organizations, that's not lazy. Something's got to give, and lawn maintenance is easily the least important of these. Stay mad. [/quote]

I’m not one of the PP’s who is mad or thinks it affects neighborhood home values. I just find it fascinating from a behavioral perspective. If that happened to me I would downsize/move to something low maintenance.

But my lawn service is $80/month, plus twice a year yard cleanups at $500 each. It’s just not that expensive at all. Under $2k a year. People who are down to their last $2k are too financially stretched to live in a big expensive house. It doesn’t “make me mad” - it’s just really bad financial decision making.

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The point is it’s not even on their mind. It’s not necessarily a financial thing at all. [/quote]

Correct. It's like the mom who shows up to pickup in sausage-casing leggings, topknot and ratty sweatshirt. It's not that she thinks she looks good, it's that the opinions of others are the last thing on her mind. [/quote]

Yeah but a bonus when we learn how we live in their heads rent-free and they are dying of envy of our happiness. [/quote]

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