I'm curious. Are there any historic neighborhoods in the Detroit area that don't allow power mowers? I drove through a neighborhood of older homes near downtown Chelsea last summer and saw 2 people on different blocks using push mowers. I wondered at the time wether they were doing this for a better cut or because of some rule. I do remember reading in the late Jeff Ball's garden column in the Detroit News that you could not get a better cut than a push mower.

In my neighborhood there seems to be a constant noise from lawn crews and their really loud machines mixed with people using there own power mowers. Than instead of sweeping up afterwards they break out the blower; more noise.
I've been using a power mower for years but I think when this one dies I may get a push mower. No more gas, oil, spark plugs and filters. And best of all, no noise. I can use the extra exercise and supposedly I'll get a better cut, too.