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Fake grass is also really really bad if you have kids or dogs. In summer the underlay doesn't have the cooling properties of normal turf - so it just heats up, and up, and up. Not good on bare feet or paws.

I believe one of the reasons for little - no back yard in Canberra is water usage. To keep lawn (or anything non established native) alive through summer you need to use a large quantity of water (and then only at certain times to avoid sunburn, and still a high chance of plant life dying)...