On the other hand, I don't think I know any millenials that don't have an extremely overbearing HoA that forbids anything other than a grass lawn.
replyI looked it up and a couple of states have laws against HOAs from forcing your to have a grass lawn. Alternatives can include native plants, drought tolerant plants, xeriscaping, vegetable gardens depending on state. The states I've found are California, Colorado, Florida, Texas and Maryland, Nevada.
replyI thought lightning bugs were mostly from light pollution and deforesting? I live in the woods not near a major city, and every summer there's thousands of them still, thankfully.
replyI don't think there's good data on exactly why but the experts view habitat loss, artificial lights at night, and pesticide use as the top three concerns (the North Americans surveyed put pesticides above light pollution but globally it was the opposite).
replyThis is the survey of experts but is probably behind a paywall. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/2/157/5715071
Maybe not directly, but they definitely care about property value which gets you municipal codes requiring you to mow your lawn or get fined.
replyThey don't yet.. we'll see what happens when the boomers die off and the younger(now older) generations inherit those homes.
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