Serious post: I can't decide if I love or hate when people rip up their grass and replace it with fake grass

I think if you want a quick way to stop wasting water on grass, it's a reasonable choice. Personally I think patio stones or pebbles/gravel is classier, but probably more expensive and time consuming to put in.

In response to the snottiness about clover and other groundcover, I'll mention that is illegal in some places to do this. https://www.msn.com/en-us/home-and-garden/landscaping/can-you-be-fined-for-having-an-overgrown-lawn/ar-BB1reOrr The presence of "weeds" can get you fined! I have friends who lives in a totally normal, non-HOA, working class area where you must have grass. To be fair I'm not sure if plastic grass would cut it but if that's the only alternative, plastic would be better. It takes crazy water to maintain the grass, not to mention re-sodding every few years and everyone ends up with their own mower.

Stupid law or none, not everyone has the time or wherewithall to be a nerd gardener. Until we have funded landscaping coops able to go around and maintain properties of those who have other priorities there is no reason to cast aspersions just because it doesn't meet with your aesthetic tastes. There's plastic all over the ground; one lawn isn't going to make matters much worse.