Reply #41: I doubt any of them think about it at all.

[Captain Angry]

Bought house? Check.
Greener lawn than neighbors? Check.
Better car than neighbors? Check.
Better vacation than the neighbors? Check...

When I owned a house, my neighbors hated me because my lawn was 3-5 times taller than theirs, and it just didn't look right. I said, we don't live on a golf-course green. There is no reason to have short grass. Second, dark green grass on dark brown earth is a lot better for everything underneath the ground than the bright green grass on the hard dusty brown ground.

Guess who got the complaint letters? And when I only watered during the dry season, and let the rain handle the rest? I was the bastard.

Glad I sold.