[pwd72s]

Just how tiny is that urban lot? More importantly, how many sq. feet of lawn? You mentioned an old fashioned reel blade push mower in you initial post. That may be your best answer, if your lawn is small enough. A bit of good exercise as well. I use a snapper commercial, 21" self propelled rear bagger walk behind...commercial means many things built tougher, designed for mowing services, park services, people who do a LOT of mowing. It's running a Honda OHV engine. I'm now on year 2 with it, and it has served me well so far. I'm hoping to get at least 6 years...but I do a LOT of mowing. Not commercially, just a big lawn of about 1/3 acre in size. I just mowed today...takes about 3 hours. Why don't I buy a riding mower? The walk behind delivers a better cut, it does the trim areas better, and hell...I need the walking exercise. BTW, a "commercial" 21" walk behind mower is pretty close in price to an entry level riding mower...but you have less grief with a "commercial" grade product.