Comment on Very few people realise how environmentally devastating this game is.

Ghost33313@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I don’t agree. It’s not like the land being used in that urban setting is home to wildlife. It’s not filled with trees. It’s a giant lawn that gets watered every day and if you want to be there, you have to pay. I don’t see that as being an improvement to anything else in a city.

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  • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Golf courses, at least the ones I’ve been to, have tons of trees. They’re usually densely forested in the areas between holes to make a sort of barrier. And I certainly see more wildlife on a golf course than in, say, the parking lot of a strip mall.

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  • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I found a squirrel’s nest on one course with about a hundred golf balls in it. And I’ve gotten chased off my tee shot by a bull elk.

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Those animals are there despite the course, not because of the course. Golf courses are not wildlife habitats.

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      • ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Take a look at New York City and tell me where the animals are.

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  First of all, this…

  dense suburban

  …is an oxymoron.

  Second, in the hierarchy of urban greenspace, golf courses are only one step up from the very bottom (just above private lawns).

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  • Jumuta@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    not all suburbia is north american ffs

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      So? Whether it’s North America or elsewhere, if it’s dense it’s “urban,” not “suburban.”

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  • Ghost33313@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Look at what people in NYC and north east NJ call suburban, then look at what someone in upstate NY calls suburban. Density is very different. Look at it as a scale. Dense Urban, Urban, light urban, dense suburban, suburban, etc. I am specifically pointing at places like in NJ where it would more likely be turned into a mall than a park.

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• CobblerScholar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  If you want to preserve the land then make it a public park where everyone can enjoy it not just the rich jerks who can afford to pay to be there

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  • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Many towns have public courses which are just as described.

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  • Ghost33313@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Ideally sure, but we are dealing with capitalism. In a high populated area people will want to find a way to profit over every inch.

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