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The other day I wondered about the history of lawns. Why do we have them? Who came up with the idea? Why grass? The NYT heard me and answered today. -- (link)

Posted by Harry Tuttle (aka CovingtonCat) Aug 9 '19, 13:23

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https://nyti.ms/2ONxfcJ (nyti.ms)

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Love Canal? Iirc the first modern suburb development, they built 500 homes then sold, before a builder would make sample and you'd order one -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 13:52 1
- I don't want to download a whole video just for a factoid be told in a paragraph -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 13:59
Narrator: "The answer was, as with everything wasteful, racism." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 13:49

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