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>That's a very good question. Probably because modern California was settled by European colonizers, who brought their traditional construction and property pra
by quartesixte 4y ago
>That's a very good question. Probably because modern California was settled by European colonizers, who brought their traditional construction and property practices with them?
Like lawns! Like California is the completely wrong state for lawns.
- dntrkv 4y agoCalifornia is a massive state with 16 different climate zones. The vast majority of California is not a desert. Lawns are fine in most of the state.
- MengerSponge 4y agoBut most Californians do live in the desert. Lawns may be fine in most of the state, but not many people live in those parts.
- dntrkv 4y agoNo, most Californians do not live in the desert, not even close. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Types_California.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/K%C3%B6p...
- MengerSponge 4y agoOk, you discovered my colloquial use of a technical word. I know most Californians live in what is technically a "Mediterranean" climate. But relevant to the topic at hand: most Californians get well under 20 inches of rain per year. It isn't a "desert" biome, but "Desert" at least gets you in the right mindset. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/california_average_annual_precipitation.html http://ponce.sdsu.edu/california_average_annual_precipitatio... https://gisgeography.com/us-precipitation-map/ https://gisgeography.com/us-precipitation-map/ A cursory google search suggests that grass lawns need the equivalent of 1" of rain per week. Very few people live in the parts of California that get 50+ inches per year, which was the original point. Grass lawns are entirely unsuited to the parts of California where almost everyone lives.
- quartesixte 4y agoAll the sibling posts here have made their point. But just anecdatally, as a lifelong resident, lawns make zero water-economic sense.