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Re:So Long, Traditional Lawn. Conventional grass is costly, ... by perl4ever on Sunday August 29, 2021 @03:45AM (#28344955)
I don't know anything about it, but in some other HN thread, someone claimed that this is kind of a myth, that they use grey water for that stuff.
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Re:So Long, Traditional Lawn. Conventional grass is costly, ... by ThePadawan on Sunday August 29, 2021 @08:50AM (#28346279)
Sorta naive question: So couldn't they invest the same (or less) amount of grey water to maintain a public park?

I don't know much about golf course lawn care, but it seems to be laborious and "beauty first".

Just imagine how many frisbee throwing or picnicking fields you could have on the area of one hole.

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Re:So Long, Traditional Lawn. Conventional grass is costly, ... by perl4ever on Sunday August 29, 2021 @02:53PM (#28349423)
Maybe there are more egalitarian ways to use green spaces than some particular golf courses.

On the other hand, municipal golf courses open to everyone seem to be a thing? I don't know firsthand, I'm not a golfer.

In any case, I don't think the merits of parks vs. golf courses are relevant to people dying of thirst.

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