• SoyViking [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Those gardens look very open. Do Americans have something against hedges, fences and privacy?

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Chain link fences are common around me for suburban borders. No privacy but also no communal lawn.

    • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      No, most people with kids/pets will get them and you can see many actually do have them in the pic; but absent those things it's usually not worth the money and you wait for your neighbors to build them around you.

      (specifically look at the row of houses directly beneath the text, it looks like all of them have their own fenced in yards there)

    • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Most of those places in the pic have wood slat privacy fences. Pretty common in this style of burb.

    • YouKnowIt [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      My brother just got a house in a place with a HOA. They say he has to build a fence 3 feet back from his property line, could be some shit like that. Or they're expensive, so you only get them to keep your dog from running off or to keep kids from attractive nuancing your pool