• fizzle@quokk.au
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    9 days ago

    This might surprise you but loads of people would find a dense city bad for their mental health.

    Lawns aren’t just wasted space. At this very moment my son is riding his bike around our back yard, my daughter is out there too, probably “cooking” with pots and pans full of sand.

    I have a camper trailer parked on some lawn. I have a shed full of bikes for myself and my kids.

    Theres also some steel stacked up where im building a patio.

    We make use of the area around us. “Lawn” is the best of a range of options to keep the area manageable and usable. An alternative would be gravel, or paving, or concrete. None of which are very appealing to me.

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        9 days ago

        Not really. Id say the majority of people in my area are similar.

        My point is, lawns aren’t ornamental. People use the area for all kinds of things.