The rituals of lawn care and snow removal, physically demonstrating commitment to the community, gradually being lost to efficiency.
@PorphyConob and having that ready supply of immigrant labor crowds out kids - easy to blame kids' poor motivation for society's failings
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@sarahdoingthing ...yes, I grant that for sure. But people not doing their own yards? Paying anyone anything to have it done for them? Lazy. -
@PorphyConob people are operating in a context where it's become low-status instead of high-status to do your own lawn, and that matters
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@sarahdoingthing cheap chalupa labor still more expensive than kids w/mowers, pruners. -
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@sarahdoingthing Also, informal economy of kids mowing, shoveling, selling lemonade has mostly been made illegal, hasn't it? - 1 more reply
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@sarahdoingthing I would grant you that in other contexts but I'm not sure in this specific one. The immigrant gardener *is* a phenomenon.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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