We live in a small subdivision. Around half acre lots - very flat. We have a lawn service, and they use riding mowers and are done in ~20 minutes. We have neighbors either side. One is retired. The other has a flex schedule. They both love doing outdoor stuff, like... riding mowers. Each take ~2 hours to do their lawn. This is their enjoyment. It's like a vacation for them. Sitting on a loud engine, driving around... smiling happily the whole time. One will sometimes leave his mower running next to our window while he goes in to use the bathroom.
They stretch this out and.. it's just horrible. I'm often away from the house, but my wife sometimes can't get away at home (they'll start in the middle of her cooking, for example). It bothers our pets - they'll be hiding under the beds for hours.
I get it - mow the grass. But... it really doesn't need to be 3+ hrs. One neighbor mowed for 2 hrs on Thursday. SUNDAY AFTERNOON he mowed for another hour. The grass was not longer. He just likes riding a mower. Next to our window. Then... edger/blowing. Another 30 minutes, and again... leave it propped up facing our window - running - to go in and get a drink. I'm not even sure how/why it's possible to have an edger running without a human holding it.