At the time, most neighbors did like it. The town and our meanie neighbor, however, hated it. Took a lot of flack and some court dates but we won out.
Funny thing is the meanie neighbor love his lawn and was always telling us with kids we were supposed to have kept plenty of lawn for them to play on. I asked him if his grand kids were allowed on his lawn.. nope. He also apparently doesn't know which type of grass he has. It is Kentucky Bluegrass. Green in spring, brown and dormant in summer, green in fall. He spends all summer shallow watering it to death to try and get it to come out of it's dormant stage and turn green.
Plus he has grubs, his roots go down about an inch. We checked, LOL!
You know we have Kentucky Blue grass also and it stays green even under a foot of snow. From spring to summer it has to be mowed weekly or it will grow a foot tall in two weeks other than that it is the hardiest grass I've ever seen as well as the softest to the touch. Really a great grass. If it turns brown then your neck of the woods doesn't suit it very well.