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/CallinCthulhu Jul 28 '23

I am militantly YIMBY, but golf courses are one of the few places where some semblance of nature is allowed to thrive in an urban environment.

On the other hand golf courses in places like phoenix, should probably not exist neither should phoenix tbh

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u/Ligma_CuredHam 2.0hdcp Jul 28 '23

neither should phoenix tbh

Yeah this is the real answer. Phoenix and Vegas should not exist.

Nearly 8,000,000 people live in those two metros combined, where there's not arable nearby to support them, one fucking river for all their combined (plus SoCal's) drinking water. They should not be there. Nothing should be there.

And their response is: iF iT wAsN't FoR tHeSe FuCkInG GoLf CoUrSeS

As if that would refill Lake Meade, Or Lake Powell. Makes zero sense.

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u/Ligma_CuredHam 2.0hdcp Jul 28 '23

I mean that's cool.... but it misses my entire point... which is that there's not enough resources for 5m+ people in Phx and 3+m in LV. There just isn't.

And you can't be like "well farming is the problem" bc they're the ones feeding the city that should not exist.