• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    65
    ·
    1 year 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@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      29
      ·
      1 year 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.

    • ikidd@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      1 year 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 Squid@lemmy.worldM
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        18
        ·
        1 year ago

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

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            5
            ·
            edit-2
            1 year 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.

            • ikidd@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              4
              ·
              1 year 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.