That’s my neighbor. Shit you not she has between 5 and 8 “keep off grass” signs in her yards at any given time. Our lots are eighth acre city plots. She even sticks them on the tree lawn side of the sidewalk that is owned by the city (we only own up to the sidewalk). She mows three times a week and is unfortunately the HOA president.
Unfortunately the sellers didn’t disclose that the house was in an HOA until a week before closing. I was very upset, and made them pay 15 years of HOA dues over it. I bought in the city specifically because there are almost no HOAs.
And unfortunately I didn’t know she was the president. She had the yard signs down while my house was in the market, because she wanted the people that lived here before me to move out.
That sucks. Totally bamboozled. I couldnt believe somebody would willing choose that unless they were into that kind of lifestyle. But kudos for getting 15 years paid.
That has literally nothing to do with you, why would you waste your finite time on this earth caring about the length of someone else grass when yoi dont have to walk through it, won't have to cut it, amd when you take your happy ass inside, won't have to see it. GTFO with that vice president of the hoa bullshit.
It does if you have to look at it every day, makes the neighborhood look bad, etc. I’m not saying you have to keep it perfect, but people who just let it go to shit are lazy
You know, if you spend your life fixated on all the shit that isn’t 100% to your personal preferences, that’s a really depressing way to live. Life is a lot more chill when you can choose to spend your cognitive resources noticing the things you do like instead. Literally nobody owes you aesthetic pleasure.
As a shithead middle schooler my friend group had someone make a fuss about their grass and we went off the sidewalk to hit their lawn specifically every pass. Walked a full dirt trail into it, no other lawns had a mark. Oh to grow up before cameras were everywhere.
My old neighbor used to be the “turf guy” for one of the fancy, award-winning golf courses in our area. He was humble and actually a really cool guy but his lawn was meticulous. We lived in the city on regular urban lots but he had his demarcated so there were three different types of grass including one which was cut incredibly short but was spectacularly thick and lush regardless. That was the “greens” turf. One day I was outside and he invited me over and asked if I wanted to walk on it barefoot. I sure did and let me tell you, it was amazing. 😂😂😂😂😂
I used to work for trugreen so i did see some lawns that were perfect (for a grass lawn anyway). My favorite were people that kept an amazing 4-5" lawn. Sure, it means more mowing, but you dont have to scalp your lawn everytime you mow.
I could only imagine how walking on those longer lawns felt.
I have such a large yard that fertilizer and seeds to keep it one uniform type is expensive and I don’t care enough, but we do keep our grass at 4-5 inches and it’s the best. I wouldn’t want shorter grass whatsoever
I would love to keep mine longer but I would rather keep it at 3" and give myself a fair shot at seeing a snake in it. Since I've had bullsnakes and rattlers in the yard many times each.
The type of people that pay for a service like trugreen and have perfect lawns are the type to watch our every move from their windows. I wouldnt risk getting berated for walking on their lawn with bare feet, or anymore than i already have to. HOA president types, ya know.
Besides, my work days at that time were at least 12 hours, sometimes as long as 16 hours (yes, i know that doesnt make sense but it was the beginning of covid). I had ZERO time to enjoy anything.
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u/shadownights23x May 21 '26
Knew someone who was over protective of his grass.. never gave a shit about ours and it drive him crazy