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The suburban responsibility list is long, and produces tremendous angst. Examples:
- Grass must never be longer than 4 inches
- Snow must be removed from sidewalks in a reasonable amount of time. That time: when 80% of others have done it.
- Loud noises cannot be produced at any time, with the following exceptions: for 10 minutes on the arrival of the new year; during the daytime use of any equipment to improve the look of one's property; and at respectable parties, which are held only on weekends, cannot include live music, and which end or move indoors by 9 PM.
- Gardening is permitted, and sometimes even encouraged, but tearing up your entire lawn and replacing it with something more sensible such as gravel or ivy is frowned upon.
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