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Everything in moderation I say---including flowers---so called silk or real ones. A few weeks ago I passed by a nice new designer home that must have 15 or 20 hanging baskets and a number of potted ones of various flowers in the front yard and up and down the driveway. Not moderation and IMHO tacky. Lucky not my neighborhood.
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There are a few houses on my street adorned with plastic flowers. We're not allowed to put up statues and such so I wonder if this is allowed. I believe they were put there with the best of intentions, to cheer things up, but they strike me as being a bit tacky.

What do you think about plastic flowers being put out in a front yard? Are you for or against?
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There are a few houses on my street adorned with plastic flowers. We're not allowed to put up statues and such so I wonder if this is allowed. I believe they were put there with the best of intentions, to cheer things up, but they strike me as being a bit tacky.
What do you think about plastic flowers being put out in a front yard? Are you for or against?
Lawn ornaments are definitely not allowed, but really who cares. I wouldn't rat anyone out unless they had a real eyesore, like a rusty old car stored on their front lawn.
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an 85 year old putting a flower in a pot that she does not have to take care of everyday and can sit on her lanai and see the color, would never bother me, but that's me
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an 85 year old putting a flower in a pot that she does not have to take care of everyday and can sit on her lanai and see the color, would never bother me, but that's me
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Plastic flowers in pots on their porch? Plastic flowers in their flower beds? How do you know they are plastic? Did you trespass onto their property to find out? Why do you care? Seriously, why do you care?
I am not the OP but it is usually easy to spot plastic flowers because they are faded or unnatural looking. I have used them before and if carefully chosen and replaced often, they look real and no one realizes they are artifical. Why would I care? i would care for the same reason that I would not like a purple house or pink flamingos. They are tacky.
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"Taste or preference we cannot measure - one man's junk is another man's treasure"!
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Beautifully said...and I suppose that is so of personal adornment like tattoos and piercings and half mast britches.

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Who was crying when the guys had - pegged pants - motorcycle jackets - motorcycle boots - duck tail hair cuts - long sideburns.. girls had no bras and mini skirts thats life - thing change - love it or leave it
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I can only imagine that most 'silk' flowers are actually some sort of chemical material? I don't think they are real silk due to costs. But I know what you mean and they do look nice. Wouldn't want to see a whole yard of them but on walkways they may have a place.
Hmm, you're giving me an idea...
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Wish everyone would mind their own business and leave everyone alone!!!!!!
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Wish everyone would mind their own business and leave everyone alone!!!!!!
That wouldn't be very much fun.
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