In my lifetime, I have known a few people who had riding lawn mowers. Those were mostly those who had extensive acreage to mow and who had a lot of money. Well, in Tennessee and Kentucky, I think nearly everyone who has a house must have a riding lawn mower.
People from all ages and sizes were out mowing their lawns. The lawns were well maintained, so I would bet that they mowed them at least once per week. On my travels, I was surprised to even see bulletin boards advertising riding mowers (sorry, no pics of those).
Definitely a large lot
Another large lot
This was in front of some company
Okay, so not everyone mows the lawns (or fields as I would call these) on a riding lawn mower. This guy is helping out at the company in the previous photo.
This is how to do it
Just one of many riding lawn mower lots
This guy in Ohio has it right:
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