Why do we have to rake leaves? Why can't we just let the leaves decompose on our lawns?

In my previous house, I had a young sugar maple on our lawn. I left the leaves there and then ran the lawn mower over it after they had all fallen and mulched them into oblivion. No raking neces…

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