Originally Posted by volosong

Horses have sure messed things up for us of the "enlightened age". Why the house set-back distance from the street? That wasted 20-25 feet of grass that has to be watered and mowed constantly? Because in the days when everybody rode horses, the housewife did not want visitor's stinky horses tied up right next to the house. They wanted the smell away from the house. How many people still ride horses? Yup. So, why do we still have a set-back?