Comment by Sohcahtoa82
5 hours ago
$70!? How big are these lawns? Hell, I'd mow lawns for $70 each.
I wouldn't pay more than $5 for someone to mow my lawn, but then again, it's tiny at like 20x15 feet. I spend more time getting the mower out and putting it back away than actually mowing. Probably gonna replace it with just a bunch of wildflowers next spring.
Your neighbors who pay a service with similar sized lawn are mostly paying them to drive to their house. The neighborhood kids can undercut them without that time inefficiency. But they only need to slightly undercut them, so they get a good payout (for them)
Wage inflation and lawn shrinkflation