Results: Front Porch vs. Fire Pit
Published on 10/28/2022
I'll see your fire pit and raise you one front porch...
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After one of the hottest summers on record in our area, it's finally cooling down. The neighbors have lit their fire pit for the first time in nearly a year. The wood smoke mingles with scent of the mums on our porch and it smells like fall. Does your home have...
Fire Pit
13%
285 votes
Front Porch
28%
610 votes
Both
11%
250 votes
Neither
38%
845 votes
Not Applicable
15%
337 votes
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Fire pits around here seem to be lit only in cooler weather and only when the owners are entertaining. Front porches, on the other hand, are comfortable nearly year-round; they're a great place for visiting, reading, or daydreaming in all but the hottest or coldest weather. Advantage to fire pit or front porch?
Fire Pit
10%
210 votes
Front Porch
35%
774 votes
It's a draw
18%
386 votes
Undecided
10%
224 votes
Not Applicable
28%
606 votes
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For obvious reasons, children of all ages should be carefully supervised around a fire pit. By its very nature, the porch presents an easier and more relaxing environment for everyone present. Well, barring the occasional need to remind some that the porch swing is not meant to go as high as a playground swing. And the winner is...
Fire Pit
14%
298 votes
Front Porch
41%
910 votes
Undecided
17%
381 votes
Not Applicable
28%
611 votes
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Granted, the fire pit's location means it is more private. But a front porch presents the opportunity to field greetings from our neighborhood joggers, dog walkers and strolling families as well as occasional visits and hugs from Marshall, the most adorable and hardheaded toddler in the subdivision. Which comes out ahead here?
Fire Pit
13%
276 votes
Front Porch
45%
985 votes
Undecided
15%
332 votes
Not Applicable
28%
607 votes
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Given the choice, which would you rather have?
Front Porch
54%
1184 votes
Fire Pit
12%
274 votes
Not Applicable
22%
475 votes
Undecided
12%
267 votes
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