Lawn Mowing Debate

The cluster centers on debates about maintaining grass lawns, including criticism of mowing as wasteful, advocacy for no-mow alternatives to boost biodiversity, neighbor complaints, and municipal regulations versus defenses of traditional lawns for recreation and aesthetics.

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Sample Comments

foolinaround Dec 14, 2021 View on HN

lawns need to go out of fashion...

Ekaros May 4, 2023 View on HN

Mow lawn? Is that really a thing in some places?

DriverDaily Jul 27, 2023 View on HN

Also, looks harder to mow the lawn.

timeon May 8, 2021 View on HN

Some people do enjoy grass mowing.

kingkawn Mar 13, 2022 View on HN

Not mowing at all works even better

gruez Jan 21, 2021 View on HN

I'm not talking about my lawn, I'm talking about your lawn.

_sentient May 23, 2014 View on HN

You wouldn't have a lawn, perchance? ;)

knughit Dec 21, 2015 View on HN

Why have a grass lawn in the first place?

unixhero May 19, 2022 View on HN

Some parts of the lawn we no longer cut

tomrod Oct 3, 2022 View on HN

Based on my experience, lawns are the bigger sacred cow. Cars get vilified in certain places. Lawns? Just me and my friends on /r/nolawns and similar subreddits.My rare mowing brings rabbits, frogs, insects of all kinds. Few mosquitoes, as there are critters that eat them. We keep the front trim (short) without seeding but the back a bit wild.My neighbors? They complain sometimes. They are the ones who voted out the HOA and we are well in city guidelines, so no issues.