• Flying SquidM
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    568 months 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.

    • @zalgotext
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      228 months 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      78 months 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.

      • Flying SquidM
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        128 months ago

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

          • Flying SquidM
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            8 months ago

            The High Line Park for one. There’s also another huge park in central Manhattan you may have heard of, but the name escapes me.

            • @[email protected]
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              08 months ago

              I guess this is the internet and being deliberately obtuse is just to be expected. Pretty much every golf course in a highly urban area would just be more buildings if they didn’t exist.

              • @mayoi
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                18 months ago

                Pretty much every house in a highly urban area could just be another golf course so billionaires can spend time without those pesky urban areas.