I love people who rake or blow on super windy days in the city. Just get em off your yard and onto the neighbors, and people who blow crap out in the street...
Growing up I worked for Parks and Rec seasonally for 5 years.
We raked every park in the city in the spring. A van full of guys with rakes.
I'm still pretty good at it.
There is a raker's high waiting for the raker.
You can make a big bin with fencing and put all your leaves and other mulch in there and they will break down and make great compost, especially if you turn it into a worm bin with red worms.