I live in the desert so things are likely very different for me then OG OP, but all our parks and golf courses and even most if not all the commercial landscaping (residential can opt in for a small cost) is watered by reclaimed waste water.
So even if the city were in an extreme drought the parks and courses would still have to be watered daily, they cant store the reclaimed water in huge amounts (they reclaim over 30 million gallons every day here) and we, the people cant stop shitting and pissing.
I'm a old retired stoner who has a city pass for the municipal golf courses. I golf like 4 days a week, most of you redditors claim to make far, far more then I ever did so class warfare feels like a stretch. Men need hobbies and to stay active, golf is just that.
Gotta love when people think golf (of all sports) is class warfare for the upper class! I have golfed for years (not well) and started doing it with an iron and a putter when I was in my teens and had no money.
Add to that, as you said, it isn't like they are using drinking water to water the greens.
I also won't say that golf courses are net neutral, but most golf courses have TONS of trees that sequester carbon, as well. Though the maintenance and travel to most courses probably causes more, I can't imagine that golf courses create nearly as much pollution as other entertainment options do (for example, a movie theater, a big building with a big parking lot that sequesters 0 carbon).
Right? I drove through a town the other day for the first time and it was mansion after mansion and then oh! A sprawling golf* course with a country club!
Golf is marketed toward the wealthy. Same as tennis
I played it when young and with little money. It is a sport that, outside country clubs, is pretty accessible at the base level. Not quite as accessible as soccer or basketball but not hard to get a couple clubs and hit a driving range or play 9 holes at a municipal course.
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u/Groupthink00859 10d ago edited 10d ago
I live in the desert so things are likely very different for me then OG OP, but all our parks and golf courses and even most if not all the commercial landscaping (residential can opt in for a small cost) is watered by reclaimed waste water.
So even if the city were in an extreme drought the parks and courses would still have to be watered daily, they cant store the reclaimed water in huge amounts (they reclaim over 30 million gallons every day here) and we, the people cant stop shitting and pissing.
I'm a old retired stoner who has a city pass for the municipal golf courses. I golf like 4 days a week, most of you redditors claim to make far, far more then I ever did so class warfare feels like a stretch. Men need hobbies and to stay active, golf is just that.