According to Harry K :

Richard J Kinch wrote:
Steve B writes:

You could have more grass.

A lawn is the price of some privacy from the rest of the world. More lawn
is more privacy, but the area grows as the square of the separation
distance.

Well, sorta. In reality space is the buffer, i.e., more room between
you and the next guy. The undesireable IMO result is lawn as you have
to do -something- with that vast expanse or you have a jungle or a
hayfield.

Plant trees. Less effort in the long run, far more effective
in producing privacy (and sound deadening).

[10 acres, less than 1/4 acre needs to be mowed.]
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Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.