On a July morning in Hudsonville the flags on the porches hang straight down until about ten o'clock, and then the breeze off the fields finally finds them. Patriot Outdoor Services LLC is out well before that, while the grass still holds dew and the pavement hasn't taken on the day's heat — mowing, trimming, edging, and hauling the clippings off before the street gets loud. Lawn care out here is a rhythm more than a job: the same blocks, the same week after week, each yard handed back a little tighter than it was found. Late summer browns the open ground toward the section roads, autumn brings the leaves down all at once, and both belong to the same steady round. It is a modest thing to give a street, and it shows on every one of them.