I have hose pipe near the house, just because its more flexible and blue pipe in the paddocks which just lies on the ground.
We try and turn the blue pipe furthest troughs off in the winter, its not the pipe that breaks but the joints as we have very long runs, it goes under the road. I like the blue pipe because you can add taps, joints and connect to troughs. Hosepipe is just not tough enough I have to replace every two years.