One of my next-door neighbors is totally anal about his lawn and freely admits it. It stresses him greatly to see someone walking a dog allow it to relieve itself on the Parkway area in front of his yard.
Also, he absolutely cannot stand to see leaves on his lawn. During the fall, it is almost comical to watch him, because he looks like Don Quixote flailing away at the annual two-month-long fall leaf storm. Each fall, he lines the curb with dozens of bags of leaves, while I annually put out zero bags. I don't see any point in raking leaves while they are still actively falling and blowing up and down the street. I wait until the leaves are mostly off the trees to deal with it. Rather than bagging leaves, I just use my mulching mower.
Toward the end of fall, he was in his front yard picking up the half-dozen or so leaves that had fallen since the last time he had raked (probably about an hour ago). He looked over at me and asked if it would be okay if he mowed my lawn and bagged the leaves that day. Sure! Any time

@MikeEC
I let my leaves fly in the Fall, and only rake walkways. Beds and garden areas are leaf covered to provide cover for over wintering critters like toads, fireflies and hummingbird moths.
I rake in Spring when the snow has melted and the ground has warmed somewhat

@Leafhead Why not let nature rot away and enhance the soil? Good point on winter shelter. Roadsides no longer have dead trees removed but left as habitat for birds, possums and snakes.

@MikeEC LMAO ROFL Why not mulch his leaves so he can reuse his bags and you can enrich your soil?

@FrayedBear
My only headache is that they are mainly oak leaves, and those acid things don't degrade fast.
I end up raking more away in Spring than I actually get as soil

@FrayedBear Believe me. My soil gets plenty of enriching without even more of my neighbor's leaves. I use a mulching mower, but leave the bag off, so all of the clippings and leaves I mow stay on the lawn.

Here are a couple of pictures taken of my fenced in backyard from my deck. Tons of leaves fall, and they all get left in the plant beds or mulched into the lawn:

@MikeEC Nice surroundings of all the trees.

. The home was built about 1915. Because there are so many homes in the neighborhoods surrounding mine that have the exact same footprint, I think it is a "Sears Home."

@MikeEC My daughter lives in an older neighborhood, I think her house was built in 1907. She always wanted an old house like her grandparents had. I chose newer, but I do love, love, love front porches. There are tradeoffs, but older houses usually have much more charm.... and front porches!

Thanks!

Thanks. Annuals, right?

@MikeEC Yes. Most plants that flower all year round are annuals as in annual.Perennials have their moment & then are done but live to return the following year as perennial.