“Haven’t seen as much this season’s second half but last’s years was glaring.... “
Nothing’s changed. Landscaping is all neat as a pin. It’s a very low budget series and they can’t afford to do anything other than film on current locations without much ado.
In reality, should a year and a half of complete neglect occur in Georgia, ALL flora would be riotously out of control everywhere, including landscaping, fields, and the tree cover around highways and roads. Everything would be “growed up” as they tend to say in rural Georgia. Interiors would also be massively dust-coated, but never are either.
A good horror story or flick requires complete adherence to all natural laws, with the exception of the one supernatural issue at hand. Such a real universe makes you suspend disbelief in only a single issue. The first few Steven King books adhered to that principal, as did the Twilight Zone, and therefore made good fiction.
When EVERYTHING in the fictional world is obviously as phony as a three dollar bill, including ridiculous behavior by the people, why really all you can do is laugh like hell or scream at the TV, “You idiots!”. Or both. Watching Walking Dead is a lot picking the compulsive behavior of picking at a scab that’s not quite ready to come off.