Player preferences: Turf or grass?

I'm curious what those of you who have kids who play or have played (particularly at age 13 or so and above when this stuff seems to start mattering more) have heard over the years about their preferences for playing on turf or grass and whether that changes as they get older, their game develops, ...

I ask after hearing my 19-year-old (DIII college) talk a lot in the past week or two about missing artificial turf as the dominant surface he plays on because of the comfort playing the ball...

Player preferences: Turf or grass?