It does depend on perspective. There's a certain contextual ignorance to anything. One perspective appreciates the manicured, soft, growing carpet that kids pla

It does depend on perspective. There's a certain contextual ignorance to anything. One perspective appreciates the manicured, soft, growing carpet that kids play on; and another sees it as a crop that gets watered, fertilized, harvested then thrown in the garbage. Now, consider that 1950's lawn still exists today in cities like L.A., experiencing extended drought. That's approaching grotesque, at least the judgement is coming from the same era that the aesthetic is being executed. Thing is, lawn irrigation (and other resources that go into landscaping) is a lot more efficient than typical "flood" agricultural irrigation, and it's in agriculture where the efficiency gains by reducing evaporation loss has the most promise.