It used to be, two, three hundred years ago, that a lawn was a symbol of prestige, and so it was only the very rich that could keep these green actually, deserts: they're totally sterile.
数百年前は 芝生は名声の象徴でした そのため 本当のお金持ちだけが 緑色の砂漠と言える 不毛の土地を保有したのです