Throwback to when I posted pictures of my lawn here last year and got yelled at because apparently everyone on the planet lives in California
The whole “lawns are bad; they waste so much water” thing is fucking bizarre. It’s like, dude, have you ever considered living in a place that’s actually capable of supporting human life?
I think people fail to distinguish between “lawn” and “yard”. A lawn is deliberately manicured; a yard is just wild.
I’m no landscaping expert or horticulturist but I’m pretty sure you don’t have to water lawns.
You do if you’re planting a lawn from scratch but once it’s there the rain takes care of it.
People in California plant grass that isn't suitable for their climate and dries out in the sun, so they have to water it.
Another option is living in a water basin that has lots of fresh water available… like not-California the Great Lakes region. Since it all ends up back in the lakes again anyway, it isn’t drawing down the water table like in Texas. But people don’t like living on the Great Lakes.