I rode about a mile to the neighborhood store...Bananas and apples. I live in a nice neighborhood (upper middle class) and ride by a neighborhood I would describe as middle class to get there. This is Central California... The front yards do not (can not) lie!! I saw about 20 lawns that have been let go!! Usually it is one or two (finances or the person is old or has died). I get it... The price of utilities have continued to rise in this area...Above the rate of inflation. For many, if it gets to the point of making the car payment, house payment, or pay more for your water bill, they are choosing to drop the front yard. A front yard takes effort (money) to water, mow, fertilize, repair sprinklers. Yes, I believe that some of these places will go the way of Arizona or Las Vegas...Rocks and drought resistant plants. For others (many others), it the canary in the coal mine... "We'll water the trees and shrubs...But that's it"!! PS I saw where tourism in Vegas is down about 6.5-7.5% from last years...Another canary??
Alot of people neglect their properties, image, maintenance, yards, decency, health, appearance, mental health, lives, time, habits, futures, etc If you want to be happy...you have to try to let go of standards and stop judging people. Because there's always something to complain and be miserable about in life As for Las Vegas....casinos and lotteries and betting everywhere should be banned. They are nothing but a cancer on society. And adult content too
Yet you enjoy the fruits of our labor... You could be in Chicago... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tUzh0v1pQV0
Don’t let the stench from Harris Ranch ruin your ride. Time to run those almond grifters out of the valley.