That is a much better use of land!
A local municipality did the same thing but instead of building housing that the public can afford these houses are going for 400k bare bones. They effectively snubbed both the rich and the poor, and mostly just teh poor. In fact it’s a really nice part of town to live so just the poor nevermind.
I live in the outskirts of NYC and have to remind myself $400k isn’t budget housing. Every now and then I’ll look up regular size apartments in the area and they’re usually $1-2 million
I just drove past a golf course yesterday and thought we should do this!
May I ask why? My old town had about a dozen golf courses when I was growing up. Now when I drive by it’s all housing developments other than the few that remain. It used to be a more rural area.
I’d much rather see green space and golf courses than housing developments. While I completely agree that there is a housing shortage, it appears that root issue isn’t solved by more housing developments on golf courses. Instead, why not convert existing buildings (such as unused office spaces) into public housing. Or, prevent corporations or investment firms from buying up real estate/housing to turnaround and jack up costs.
I may be biased but I’ve had these views before picking up golf. I mainly use golf as a way to stay active as I’m getting older and get outside in the fresh air.
I wish golf wasn’t a sport of the elite. It’s such a fun. Whacking a ball as far as you can is so satisfying and then combo that with an all day walk through a garden. We must revive golf as the every man’s sport!
Never thought about golf like this, it always seems so boring and pretentious, hitting a little ball seems so technical
Watch less pro golf. All the old farts out there suck ass and are largely just taking the chance to be out drinking with friends. Don’t need to be sober to drive a golf cart, at least here.
I often see golf clubs at thrift stores and affordable courses do exist at least where I live. Maybe it’s just just perception thing!
But yeah fuck golf courses regardless. There’s also indoor golf which isn’t a drain on the environment and taking up useless land and actually can be fun experience for anyone cuz it can be an inclusive experience for any skill or economic class, like bowling.
There’s a somewhat rinky-dink course in my hometown that’s pretty cheap but still nice. It was pretty fun to go in the evening and walk nine holes where you get a good but easy exercise with some nature to it.
Trying to find that same experience away from my hometown has been a challenge. The sport is too damn expensive!
I’ve got several municipal courses around where the green fee is $35, and a cart rental is $10. I got a random set of clubs from a buddy for $50, and you can get a decent box of balls from Costco for about $25. I think it’s definitely about where you’re at, but I enjoy spending an afternoon with buddies playing whackfuck (I’m absolutely terrible).
When they confiscate everything from Trump I hope they turn the golf courses into public housing
it will just go to the next rich a-hole who has the money to pay for it. We don’t get happy endings in america.
Happy endings cost extra.
Rare China W. We better get our politicians to take notes of this one.
It’s surreal that there even was a golf course on that tiny island.
