Even worser thing about leafblowers (!!):

They're ripping up what grass and mulch and plants there are adjacent to the sidewalks. I thought we were having a major grubs season and crows/raccoons digging it up. But no! Just watched a leafblower guy wrench up about half a square meter of turf and leave it overturned on the rest.

one diagnosis, the people hiring the workers are now way way too many layers from ever walking down the street they "clean".

#leafblowers