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Originally Posted by asianthree
And yet they don't allow a good fake turf. Think about how much money you would save in water, weeds, feed, and mow  |
Here is an unfortunate area where not everyone agrees on what is pretty, tasteful, and nice. Thus the deed restrictions. In our two old neighborhoods the same restrictions were in place about artificial turf.
The plus side of grass is the plus side for any plant material. It does it's small job cleaning the air.
I am not a "greenie" per se, but I think it is a good idea to water the lawn with water saved in retention ponds. They are in fact our big community "rain barrels".
This is just my opinion, and maybe not a popular one, and I wouldn't waste my time and breath defending it because it just that important overall. The cost of electricity and water and taxes are hugely different over this vast country. We have the "old muddy" (the Ohio River) near Cincinnati, but in our suburb our water cost more than it did in Phoenix, which is a desert area.
We had such high water costs that I was always suspicious about it because the county seat in our area just kept getting bigger and prettier municipal buildings and big old statues out in front of them that cost a fortune.
(You can see I am a fiscal conservative...which means I am thrifty, frugal and just plain tight)
I also have to say that the cost here for cutting grass and trimming bushes and edging for a month is what it cost back home for ONE grass cutting. (we had a much bigger lawn there...to be fair)