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Its different from where you are I guess. I actually read a book on California gardens once, so I understand what you are saying.
Anyway in the East, the front lawn and garden is usually open for view. The front lawns on a suburban block almost become like a Commons. I can tell you that at least on densely populated Long Island --- it would be a horror if every house had a wall in front of it instead of grass or trees.
I think it depends what part of the country you are from. I am glad it is not all the same.
Front yard fences aren't all that common in Atlanta either...I live in a 1930s in-town neighborhood, and mine is the only house with a fence around the front yard (brick and iron). This isn't totally unheard of, but not a common thing in most Atlanta neighborhoods.
On our recent vacation out west we went to the Great Salt Lake. I was expecting it to be beautiful and blue, instead it was rather gray and quite smelly. What a surprise!
What are people keeping in their front yards that they need a fence? Is somebody going to steal the grass? I never seen front yard fences until I was out west.
What are people keeping in their front yards that they need a fence? Is somebody going to steal the grass? I never seen front yard fences until I was out west.
Well, I can't speak for everyone...but my fence keeps my dogs in when I let them outside - and I don't have to bother with a leash every time one of them needs to pee.
Well, I can't speak for everyone...but my fence keeps my dogs in when I let them outside - and I don't have to bother with a leash every time one of them needs to pee.
yea but in the front yard? most people I know fence in the back yards to let their dogs run around.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico most houses do not have fenced yards but there are more fences than you see in other places. However, there is a local architectural style that does incorporate high walls in the traditional style.
In the part of (barely) suburban New York that I grew up in, many people have low walls or picket fences. These do not seem to deter neighborliness.
In areas outside of a certain buffer around the city I was always amazed at clusters of housing surrounded by lawns with no demarcation whatsoever. You couldn't tell where one property began and the other ended. I would hate that. How can you tell the neighbor kids to "Get the h*ll off my lawn!" if you don't know whose lawn it is? :-)
When I said I was surprised about not having fences, I was talking about houses(more rural style) that had large front yards with no fence, most cookie cutter homes dont have fences and that goes for Albuquerque as well.
What are people keeping in their front yards that they need a fence? Is somebody going to steal the grass? I never seen front yard fences until I was out west.
it could be anything, from tools to pets, some people steal little trees or in CA palm trees.
anyways maybe its just for look, I like the look of the fences out in the country in Texas or like the ones I see keeping the horses in in Kentucky.
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