I’ve noticed some people treat their lawn like a carpet. If there is 1 leaf, that’s clutter that needs to be picked up. If a tire touches their grass, it’s like you got oil on their rug. They’ve usually manicured their lawn into 1 species monoculture grass with zero weeds and zero bugs. Which because of this lack of diversity, it is now incredibly fragile.
For many people, their yard is like a room of the house. And they expect people to treat it with a living room level of respect. They’ve put a lot of effort into creating this fragile monoculture grass, and they’re protective of it.
Maybe you can tell from the way the question is phrased, but I view the outdoors as different than indoors. If someone misses my driveway and leaves a mark in the grass, I don’t care because I know the grass will grow back eventually. If leaves fall on my yard, I don’t pick them up. These problems tend to solve themselves. At least that’s my view. But I’ve noticed a lot of people see it the other way.
The less I do to the yard, the better it looks to me. I like having some areas mowed but I like having stuff live in it even better.
You could look into native gardens.
This is a way of planting native plants that support local species, it needs less care - and just a joy to behold.
Ive spread a bunch of seeds in certain areas and let grow what will. I only pull certain plants which I’ve identified as space hogs (bittersweet.) Not all the plants that come up are native I am sure, but the bugs don’t seem to notice. My whole philosophy is to do less work and let the plants do what plants do.