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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago (17 children)

Yes, lawns are wasteful.

But there's also water quality and flooding issues associated with using all available land for building.

Grass and dirt absorb water. Rooftops and concrete don't. 1-inch of rain on an acre of grass will be absorbed. Replace that grass with impervious cover and you've got an extra 27,000 gallons of water, or about 2 swimming pool's worth of runoff.

[–] huginn@feddit.it 4 points 6 months ago

It's worse when you tear down farmland and forests for suburbs.

Build our cities with sufficient storm sewers and public parks that can double as bioswales and fuck the lawn loving burbs.

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