• PeleSpirit@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Tldr: 16th & 17th century royalty had gardens. America wealthy, especially those with slaves copied. Suburban sprawl and the invention of the lawn mower and sprinklers solidified it because suburbia wants to look the same. The lawn care industry wants it to continue.

    A rain garden is cool too, it fills in beautifully.

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      They also put in laws that houses have to be set back so many feet from the street. Before that, people were building up to and sometimes over the street. You have to do something with that space and lawns seemed to be an answer.

      Now, the question of whether the streets should have been there in the first place… That’s another conversation.