• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    44
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    11 months ago

    every golf course could be a lovely botanical garden/park or arboretum, with little paths every which way and carefully crafted scenery to make you feel like you’re inside a disney movie

    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      19
      ·
      11 months ago

      wpid-dgladeau_0113_0748

      You see this?

      I used to hike along the coast there quite regularly but someone decided it was much better to turn the whole thing into a gulf course and to illegally block access to locals.

    • vivadanang@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      edit-2
      11 months ago

      AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON EACH SIDE. Seattle estimated they could solve the housing crisis by closing a handful of their muni courses (leaving multiple municipal and a dozen private courses in the area) and building medium density housing there. Solving a critical need by getting rid of a few locations for a dying sport:

      https://www.theurbanist.org/2019/06/12/unlike-seattle-golf-really-is-dying/

      It’s a waste of space otherwise.

    • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      11 months ago

      Most of the golf courses near me are pretty much this - densely forested areas with meticulously landscaped little gardens, which happens to have some holes built in.

      • Striker@lemmy.worldOPM
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        16
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        edit-2
        11 months ago

        Please. For the love of God don’t let this lazy comment cliché migrate to here.