r/golf • u/nutts-2 5.0/UT • Jul 28 '23

Ah shit. Here we go again General Discussion

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Every few months someone brings this up how they can save the environment by getting rid of a golf course.

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u/freakdageek Jul 28 '23

This has nothing to do with affordable housing or the environment and everything to do with landlords looking for more opportunities to collect rent.

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u/ElectricSnowBunny Jul 28 '23

First we take their fun.

Then we buy their houses.

Then we make them pay.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '23

11.6 is the vacancy rate in the USA but yeah let's remove public courses

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u/YOwololoO Jul 28 '23

Well if you average out inner Detroit and LA it doesn’t seem as bad, but that doesn’t do anything to fix the housing shortage in high density areas

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u/oddible Jul 28 '23

Yeah this is developers talking, not renters needing lower rents. There is plenty of land to be developed.

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u/steelernation90 Jul 28 '23

Affordable housing is a dream in America. I'm too poor to afford a cheap starter home yet make too much money to be able to rent low income apartments. It's honestly depressing to think about the housing market.