When we did the big remodel of the beach house... that was a decision we made: no popcorn. There's popcorn in the living room from before, and we didn't take it out, but in all the places we re-did the ceiling, like the front room and my room and downstairs... we just painted the ceiling.
I don't understand the attraction of popcorn ceilings. I don't think it's even nice to look at.