I grew up in New York, but moved west after college and then lived for 12 years in the southwest with yard of cacti and decorative succulents surrounded by gravel. Having just moved back to the East coast and living here for the first time as an adult, the reality of the time tax of the suburban lawn is starting to set in.
Spoken like a man who just mowed the lawn! Such a true point - but also one of so many aspects of home ownership upkeep that surprised me (though maybe not you?).
I grew up in New York, but moved west after college and then lived for 12 years in the southwest with yard of cacti and decorative succulents surrounded by gravel. Having just moved back to the East coast and living here for the first time as an adult, the reality of the time tax of the suburban lawn is starting to set in.
Spoken like a man who just mowed the lawn! Such a true point - but also one of so many aspects of home ownership upkeep that surprised me (though maybe not you?).