It's like I'm reading the posts of insane people who have no sense of reason at all. You pay how much, exactly, for amenities that cover the destruction of all these trees just so you can have more gridlock whenever someone drives through a gate because they're new and don't know any better? You pay how much, precisely, for pesticides and chemicals so that your crabgrass is the same shade of green as the astroturf we use as a ground-cover under our small above-ground pool? YOU don't want to mow your lawn either, and that doesn't stop you from having one, does it? You probably don't like having red ants or termites, but YOU aren't the one who is spraying the insecticide to keep them away, are you? When your car needs servicing, YOU aren't the one who checks the belts and does the oil change are you? No, you hire people for these things. So why is it all of a sudden a big deal for YOU to have to rake leaves off your lawn? You have a landscaper on contract, or on speed dial. Raking leaves is one of those services landscapers offer.
As for overhanging branches: I don't know about the laws in Florida but here in Connecticut if my neighbor's branch is hanging over into my property and causing problems, I'm legally allowed to get up on a ladder and trim the branch to my neighbor's side of the fence. Or - I am allowed to hire someone to do it for me if I'm not able to climb the ladder myself. Although - I would probably just, y'know, ASK my neighbor if he'd mind doing it himself, before I'd go through the effort to have it done.
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