And here was me thinking you were admiring my lawn .
We put it on our median strip after the council paved the footpaths, because the choice was gravel (ugly fine grey stuff), more pavers, plantings or lawn.
Our front yard is all pavers and heavy foliage, so this bit of lawn breaks it up a bit, and the bright neat green lawn matches nicely the very green manicured hedges we have.
In the case of our house, it looks better than dead grass around the pool area/ under the deck, where grass wont grow. We tried lots of other options, but in the end astroturf was the best, both in looks and maintenance.
A lot of my neighbours in Spain have artificial grass, it looks very good. Before I would have said no way, but now I'm thinking about it given the sad state of my grass & the high cost of water there.