Most defunct golf courses get paved over
How can we make this crime against nature even worse? I know, let's pave it.
WTF?
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2024
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It would be a shame if the poors had access to our fancy grass game.
Typical NYT BS when it comes to Palm Springs.
Palm Springs is a man-made oasis in the middle of a desert. A true "return to nature" means barren desert - no palm trees, no water, just sand and spotty low shrub. There are thousands of acres of just that in most of the Coachella Valley around Palm Springs and the land is desolate. The picture the NYT chose of the Prescott Preserve looking green, wet and inviting was taking during an unusually wet rainy season and that picture is not at all representative of the the natural state of the land in this desert.
The left side of the attached picture is similar to what the Palm Springs golf course used to look like. The hundreds of acres of barren landscape on the right and in the distance is the "ecological life raft" the NYT refers to. This is neither needed or welcome in the middle of a small town surrounded by thousands of acres of desert.
I grew up in the San Geronimo Valley. I remember when that course was built. It never felt right. Very glad to see it going back to a more natural state.
This should be the fate of every single golf course
I'm sure many, if not most, sure. But they are essentially fancy parks and I don't think parks have to go. Green spaces for human activity/recreation are a necessary evil aren't they?
They aren't evil at all, green space is good. Golf Courses the way they have been created in most places are shitty, golf courses on the scottish highlands are great.
“ecological life raft”.
FFS
Cool it shows people standing and walking.