This is a real issue in my community (as is the case of pretty much every community). All the older homeowners and younger/middle aged middle class yuppies love to talk about how they care for the housing crisis for us poorer youth, but then anytime a plan to address it comes up it's all "muh property values, muh investment". It should be obvious to anyone that for the price to go down for buyers, the sellers must sell for less but they all want to sell absurdly high and then buy another home for low.
I just want to let my lawn die and let the wild violets take over but I can feel the hate of my neighbors. They’re out there like 10 hours a week watering, overseeding, aerating, pruning, mowing, applying pre-emergent… glaring at my yard. Their idea of their home as a financial instrument makes them extremely intolerant of my shitty lawn absenteeism.
This dude on the next block uprooted his entire lawn and now just has like 1000 garlic bulbs growing in his front yard. Shit rocks
They are slaves of the lawn while you are free. Instead of losing their chains they would rather enslave you, as well.
I support all of this except letting the wild violets take over. They get in the way of letting the blue grama take over.