[TheSpiceIsLife]

Long grass encourages insects which encourages rodents which encourages snakes.

Also, grassses tend not to survive the summers here, so there's an increased fire risk which is probably not then covered by my insurance policy as it would arguably be negligence.

I left my back yard go one spring, my partner wouldn't go out there sue to snake risk, grass was over 5ft. It's now back to something approximating the standards implied by the surrounding houses.

Launceston, Tasmania.