The only purpose of lawns was originally to flaunt wealth: “see how much land I can waste and how many people I can employ maintaining it for no purpose whatsoever”.
Why this continues and is even encouraged in places, to this day, is a mystery to me.
The only purpose of lawns was originally to flaunt wealth: “see how much land I can waste and how many people I can employ maintaining it for no purpose whatsoever”.
Why this continues and is even encouraged in places, to this day, is a mystery to me.
I think it’s because it gives people a feeling of being in control of something.