Look on the bright side though: If noisy leaf blowers are the worst of your problems, you're doing really well compared to just about everybody else in the world.

You lucky swine.

YES! This everywhere please!

My neighborhood is a never ending drone of gas powered mowers and leaf blowers. All of my immediate neighbors only have electric mowers and leaf blowers. The drone comes from streets away and never fucking ends.

I used to use these in a professional context and really didn’t appreciate the need for a ban. But now I get to listen to them, and my opinion has changed slightly. I think having them in fall is a good compromise, and the electric machines are so much quieter. I also have learned more about how important leaves are for the ecosystem, pollinators and beneficial insects need them so I don’t love it when people make their gardens spotless.

I still have sympathy for scenarios where they’re a quick use, just pushing grass clippings off the walk way for example. But they are overused for sure.

Finally. What the hell did fat fucks in landscaping do before leaf blowers?