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Jdmiata 03-01-2018 07:29 PM
I like it. A little variety.

kcrazorbackfan 03-01-2018 09:29 PM
I pass it quite often whenever I take another route to the Colony area. IMHO, I like the looks of it.

Looks better than some of the crap-brown lawns that people seem to be content with.

manaboutown 03-01-2018 10:14 PM
This is a thorny issue, perhaps even prickly, but it seems the subject landscaping is incongruous with adjoining terrain.

goodtimesintv 03-02-2018 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Retiring (Post 1519604)
I’ve had a home in Scottsdale since 2003. The last thing my neighbors or I would install is a cactus. They are a scorpion, tarantula and insect hotel. Cactus is what builders put in for the snowbirds that don’t know any better. Like putting a palm tree up against the house. A Floridian knows that’s a rat ladder, a snowbird learns that the hard way.
Thank You.

ricthemic 03-02-2018 02:57 AM
I think the reason the entire yard is covered with the cactus is to be cost saving maintenance free.. Sort of like replacing all the grass with river Rock which I believe that type of house is not allowed to do.

ricthemic 03-02-2018 02:58 AM
And IMO, it does look totally ridiculous

Topspinmo 03-02-2018 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by goodtimesintv (Post 1519544)
So....Arizona looks like an eyesore and a junkyard, and that’s how TV should be also?!?
I don't think plants are considered lawn ornaments? Plus I don't backyards are as restrictive as front yard. I don't care for cactuses, unless their pipe organs. if you've ever been to SW some castus are impressive. , so each their own. One thing if you don't like it just look the other way.

salpal 03-02-2018 07:04 AM
I agree that it is eyesore and I pass it daily. I have often thought that no burglar would dare to tramp through that mess. I know that above 466 folks can have lawn ornaments. The one that drives me crazy is the giant blue angel on Del Mar and Panama, just before Spanish Springs.

Chatbrat 03-02-2018 07:06 AM
Best one is the Dalmation starring at a hydrant also on Delmar

Jim 9922 03-02-2018 08:54 AM
It is all in the eyes of the beholder. Consider the junk vehicles, rusty gas pumps and "farm equipment", bronze cows, derelict and half swamped boats, "genuine" phony "historical" placards, and artificially faded signs and "advertising" posters strewn around our town squares.

biker1 03-02-2018 08:56 AM
And you paid for all of that stuff. New old stuff is not cheap ;-)

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Originally Posted by Jim 9922 (Post 1519830)
It is all in the eyes of the beholder. Consider the junk vehicles, rusty gas pumps and "farm equipment", bronze cows, derelict and half swamped boats, "genuine" phony "historical" placards, and artificially faded signs and "advertising" posters strewn around our town squares.

Henryk 03-02-2018 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by goodtimesintv (Post 1519432)
How can it be that yard ornaments are wisely not allowed, but yet an owner can have an entire yard chock full of about 50 different, scroungy cactus plants that look like a big junkyard??

Why are neighbors and guests made to look at such an eyesore, right on the street and sidewalk? It’s a community embarrassment!
Sorry, but I disagree completely. I think it’s quite beautiful with an interesting variety of types of cacti.

Chi-Town 03-02-2018 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by goodtimesintv (Post 1519432)
How can it be that yard ornaments are wisely not allowed, but yet an owner can have an entire yard chock full of about 50 different, scroungy cactus plants that look like a big junkyard??

Why are neighbors and guests made to look at such an eyesore, right on the street and sidewalk? It’s a community embarrassment!
Photo anyone?

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Marathon Man 03-02-2018 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by goodtimesintv (Post 1519432)
How can it be that yard ornaments are wisely not allowed, but yet an owner can have an entire yard chock full of about 50 different, scroungy cactus plants that look like a big junkyard??

Why are neighbors and guests made to look at such an eyesore, right on the street and sidewalk? It’s a community embarrassment!
Because you can not regulate taste and opinion with rules.

JoMar 03-02-2018 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim 9922 (Post 1519830)
It is all in the eyes of the beholder. Consider the junk vehicles, rusty gas pumps and "farm equipment", bronze cows, derelict and half swamped boats, "genuine" phony "historical" placards, and artificially faded signs and "advertising" posters strewn around our town squares.
You consider those eyesores? Wow


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