Do Americans Hate Their Lawns Enough to Get Rid of Them
The idea of the American Dream can conjure up images of tidy suburban homes with immaculate green lawns, but achieving and maintaining that lush carpet of grass can seem like a nightmare.
"Most people don't install lawns, they get them when they buy the house. They're stuck," says Paul Robbins, author of Lawn People: How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who We Are.
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