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  I agree. They take away what could either be functional, like growing food like we did in the last gilded age, or lower maintenance with something like moss or mini clover. And they are kind of boring unless you want to play sports on them. Consider a “fake lawn” then that needs zero maintenance and should last 10-15 years without patching — but perhaps not as eco friendly.
context: The solution is simple. Move to Vegas. No grass in the desert. Problem solved. >
  
  I would not live somewhere that fines me for my own house. >
  
  Yis. I fucked up. >
  
  So you're not the greener side to look for.
  looks the other way >
  
  I will never understand people who equate "I don't like/understand this" to "it's a scam".
  Those are vastly different things. >
  
  Grass lawns were only a thing because of a (relatively brief) increase in wealth.
  It was showing off that you have so much land you don't need to use it for gardens.
  Now people live in places where they can't even have a garden in part of their yard. >
  
  ...Okay.  Thanks for the unnecessary history lesson.  It has nothing to do with what I said. >
  
  It does, it's a scam that people use to pretend they're rich even though it's a drain on resources and time. 
  Kinda like personal automobiles or wall to wall carpeting. People wanted to flex and companies did everything they could to make it normalized. >
  
  YES.