Most of the houses in my hood do not have gutters. (Homes built in the 60’s and 70’s)

Our house has a diverter thing on the porch roof in front of the front door… It’s just a metal plate that’s at a right angle to the roof – and diverts the water to either side.

We have hedges below the porch roof line to get the water.

In Pennsylvania – my house had gutters – and it helped prevent basement flooding. But it was not unusual to get thunderstorms in the summer that dumped 2-3 inches in 3 hours… Gutters need to be maintained – kept free of leaves, etc. I like living with less rain, and no gutters.