What happened to the neighbors?

[hotkarl]

Originally Posted by LegalDiva

My husband mows our lawn. I do gardening on our backyard- our property size is about 1/3rd of an acre or so. We see no reason for paying a landscaper for this when we can do it ourselves. All our neighbors use services.

You poor thing. I feel so bad for you. Must be really embarrassing. LOL

[corky101]

Originally Posted by NYTom

The neighborhood is fairly dense, with half acre properties and lots of streets that connect before the busier roads take you to the highways. I am in my house nearly twenty years, and I notice the changes through the years.

I would give anything to see a stickball game in the street!

Most kids are sitting in front of their Xboxes. It's sad. When my kids were younger, I tried very hard to get them to play outside, and they did for the most part, but not like I did in the 70's. It's a different world, and for most kids it's virtual.

[ovi8]

If we had the same screens in the 70s, you'd get the same results then. Entertainment is a form of activity.

We do organized sports but any time they're not doing that, their number 1 urge is to get on the video games. Even with friends over. Who can blame them at their age? You can only do family board games and practice musical instruments for an hour at a time. There are a lot of hours in the day.

Originally Posted by hotkarl

You poor thing. I feel so bad for you. Must be really embarrassing. LOL

Can't tell if joking. You always complained about being poor here. I'm proud to be doing my own lawn, among the few, to be honest. It's not even a chore since it's relatively quick. If you're old, that's one thing, but hearing about people not having time... it's really about being lazy. I could very well spend that $100/mo.+ on other things.

[hotkarl]

Yeah I’m joking. I think it’s great when people cut their own grass and such.
If I hit lotto I would still do everything myself.