Leaf blowers are a scourge. Why is it hard to get rid of them?
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#2The official soundtrack of Houston, TX. The noise is so ubiquitous it is almost noteworthy when you can’t hear it. Paradoxically, the better the neighborhood, the worse the noise.
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#3Electric leaf blowers are much quieter and don’t stink.
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#4Right at the very bottom the article suggests the correct way to deal with fallen leaves: leave them alone. They decompose and provide nutrients to the grass.
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#5I don't get leaf blowers really. I'd love to have some sort of paper bag and connector to my lawn mower. I have my bag and just getting it into the brown bag is a little bit of a pain. But man - you just do it once and you don't have to cajole the leaves for 10s of minutes.
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#6It’s just a symptom of the larger problem of manicured lawns being the number one “managed crop” in America.
Eliminating home lawn is probably one of the singular things that would significantly slow down our destruction of the planet
I’m sure someone will post some reason why their lawn is different somehow
[1] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lawn-largest-crop-america_n_5...
[2] https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/31/this-h...
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#7It’s just a symptom of the larger problem of manicured lawns being the number one “managed crop” in America. Eliminating home lawn is probably one of the singular things that would significantly slow down our destruction of the planet I’m sure someone will post some reason why their lawn is different somehow [1] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lawn-largest-crop-america_n_5... [2] https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisf…
I’ve never seen a leaf blower used for grass up here. Only leaves.
But I also never see the gas powered backpack blowers portrayed on TV so maybe I’m perceiving a different context.
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#8NJ resident who has never cleared leaves in the last 18 years in my suburban home - I just let it degrade over winter and the lawn care companies take care of it in spring.
I don't live in a HOA community, which I think is a bane (one of many) of US living
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#9I’ve been listening to a leaf blower running for probably the last hour. I was trying to sleep, and it woke me up and has kept me up… it just keeps going. How many leaves can they possible have.
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#10They just banned gas leaf blowers in my town. The electric ones are much quieter.