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I grew up in Ohio and currently live in western PA. I've never once watered my yard.

I envy you guys all. It takes me up to 2 hours in the evening and I am not happy with the results.

Please! There are plenty of places. Western PA for one.

Even if I did water my lawn, I don't even understand how I could waste water where I live, short of owning a fracking operation.

Those in New Zealand can avoid watering, particularly if the lawn is kikuyu. It is a complete pain to maintain though as it grows very fast when it’s warm, wet and sunny. It makes you itchy is you lie on it too.

It depends on what species the lawn is. If it's the same species that grows naturally in vacant lots and by the roadside, it doesn't need watering unless there's a significant drought.

A lot of people (at least in the PNW) just let their lawn go dormant in the summer rather than water it. Since we'd be using city water in most places, it is expensive to dump that on grass.

New England here, haven't ever watered the lawn