I noticed this as well. We have a LOT of images of unkempt, neglected graves. It's both a commentary on the neglected condition of many final resting places and, perhaps, on what people find noticeable in cemeteries. Very few shots of clean, tidy, modern graves; lots of shots of old, neglected graves.
It's of cousre natural enough that after a couple generations the average grave will go unvisited, and equally natural, I suppose, that small cemeteries, old cemeteries, that become full to capacity will eventually fall into disrepair, as they're no longer commercially viable.
Graveyards, just like the bodies they contain, eventually "return to dust"...
People, on the other hand, are a lot more interested in old graves than they are in new graves, and I suppose the concept of being "neglected" or "forgotten" strikes a resonant chord in most of us.
Robt.
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