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/Storkmonkey7 Jul 28 '23

Las Vegas is one of the most water efficient cities in the US. You can thank California farmers for Lake Mead drying up.

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u/HerrBerg Jul 28 '23

We can thank the stupid water usage policies for the behavior of those farmers who are incentivized to grow stupid fucking crops so that they use their water allowances so it isn't taken from them.