>>>>I just have these visions of Sundays being ruined with the roar of a hundred snow blowers as all hands clear their drives, yards, etc. I presume the snow blower melts the snow and doesn't just blow it around, like leaf blowers.
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>>>How "ruined" when everyone is out clearing the snow at the same time?
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>>I - well - there could be ... what if ... DOH! :-)
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>Just try to do some barbecue on your porch, the house is in a forest, it's a nice October day, and every other house has someone fending off the leaves and making incredible noise. They probably like it that they've come to live in a forest, but don't like it when the forest returns the courtesy. When they finish, the others fill in. Then someone pulls up a chainsaw and cuts some logs for the fireplace.
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>By the time they are done, you've already eaten all the ćevapčići and ražnjići that you could, and really don't feel like waiting for the mosquitos :).

That was my point too. In England they say the noisiest place to live is the suburbs. I live in a terrace, close to town, with small walled gardens. It's bad enough keeping my Virginia creeper and ivies from taking over. But at least noone uses power tools to prune their gardens. The worst we have to put up with is the exagerated laughter that cook-outs in other gardens always seems to engender. :-)

BTW we don't get bothered by mozzies in England.