“Something should have done a long time ago; lawns don’t belong in the middle of a dessert.”
Decades ago during water restrictions one of my neighbors expensively and artfully zeroscaped with rock paths and pretty clumps of drought tolerant plants. He even had a couple of shade trees with a drip system. The homeowners association went nuts. They sued him. I’m telling you, what he did looked GREAT. But it was not a lawn. (I moved away, so I don’t know how it eventually worked out. But my suspicion is he either moved or put in a lawn.)
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Ah yes, gated communities. There IS a price to pay, isn't there?
Better to be in an ordinary (AND GOOD) neighborhood and have the flora you CHOOSE to have.
Just go to Zillow.com and see what he did.