Well, it was a pretty good ground cover. Unfortunately it was an even better house cover, power pole cover, road cover, and if you stood still for a little too long, people cover.
YES! So true. We have some in our yard. It took us 10 years but we have beat it back to our property line.
We have made our peace with Kudzu. We eat the leaves while they are young (cook them like spinach). I also made some bent willow furniture with the vines :)