[bluefirebrand]

> More distance and acoustic isolation from neighbors. A larger property with a house in the middle of it separated from others by space means you hear your neighbors less and they hear you less. It makes your home a little more of a sanctuary.

This purpose does not necessarily need to be serviced by a lawn, which is just a patch of grass.

Lawns are stupid.

[ThrowawayTestr]

As opposed to a lawn made of asphalt?

[KMnO4]

Trees, shrubs, naturalized landscape, pollinator friendly fescues, etc etc.

There are lots of options.

[bluefirebrand]

Trees are even better because they offer some privacy for the house and rest of your yard.

I swear the back yards of suburbs are designed to be flat and open so your neighbors can always snoop on everything from their windows. Panopticon design.

[CapstanRoller]

I'd read this short story, where a strange asphalt-covered parking lot planet is discovered and subsequently herbaformed[0] by an eco-hippie expedition ship (probably named 'A weed is but an unloved flower' in Iain M Banks fashion[1])

[0] maybe there's a 'green' non-evil version of the Evil Gray Goo

[1] https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_spacecraft