it's even worse. the front yards are totally open, no fence or hedge, so they're 100% unusable. i'll never understand why americans dont put a fence across their front yard.

unless it's to hide the fact that the public land their roads are on arent wide enough to have a reasonable sized road and on both sides, a verge of trees, a sidewalk and another verge of trees (this could be in the private front yards of the houses).