[meme] Lawns and car storage — name a more wasteful use of land

Decorative open space is important for making cities livable but uh... lawns ain't it.

I was about to say golf courses, but then I realized that people actually use golf courses to play golf, which is more then the average lawn is used for.

Golf. Especially driving ranges.

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Name a more wasteful use of land

Golf course.

Yes, lawns are wasteful.

But there's also water quality and flooding issues associated with using all available land for building.

Grass and dirt absorb water. Rooftops and concrete don't. 1-inch of rain on an acre of grass will be absorbed. Replace that grass with impervious cover and you've got an extra 27,000 gallons of water, or about 2 swimming pool's worth of runoff.

My eighth of an acre is entirely clover, dandelions, and weeds. Eventually, I'll get around to planting some vegetables, but my thumb is whatever the opposite of green is. I've started by trying to grow some herbs this spring, half of which are already dead.

Living with no HOA that forces grass on me FTW.

Can't do much about having a car though. No public transportation anywhere near and work is twenty miles away. Believe me, I'd much much rather not drive.

People should be allowed to own land and own homes with yards

These grass lawns always looks awful. 1 color, 0 personality and no variety.

More plants are always better. Also even better plant a fucking tree.

Chef’s kiss on this perfectly executed meme

Unrelated to the actual topic, but is anyone else starting to find this "my brother in Christ" meme really irritating? I ain't your brother, and I don't give a fuck about your Christ.

I've got 4 cars on my drive way and have run out of room. I do have a large patch of grass next to it, I could probably fit 6 cars there.

Do I purchase and store more vehicles on my grass or purchase more land to store my cars on, so I can protect my lawn?

I use my lawn for growing stuff to eat. Bananas, lemons, passion fruit, onions mostly

Giant parking lots and big box stores?

people burning fossil fuels to eviscerate co2 absorbing plants twice a week

"My impact on climate is minimal"

Scotland has a cumulative moorland the size of Jamaica (That's artifical, not natural peat moor) Thats pretty much kept as desolate scrubland just so a few rich people can hunt deer and pheasants without any inconveniences like something for the animals to hide behind. I did a rough calculation and it works out to about one square kilometer per person per single hunting trip being put asside for the entire year.

Yo, this is Fuck Cars. We're not advocating building Mega City One over here.

I just want to live in a world where I can just walk around and go shopping please I'm begging you world. I'm sick of flying around for tens of miles on end with terrible wings!

Lawns are better than concrete

What if I'm not christian?

there is grass in your cancer garden

City is full? ROFLS my man there's not a single city in the US that represents anything close to 'FULL'. Not even NYC.

Combine them and you have a golf course. It's like park where everything has been killed and replaced with turf and only rich people are allowed to enjoy.

Golf! But it's the only one.

This has mega Kill Your Lawn energy

Golf courses? Malls?

Insert Fallout quote about the wasteland being harsh

I can understand your frustration comrade, so let me translate for you.

Humans < cars and/or lawns

Datacenters

It's not like children could use a lawn to play on or anything....

And our Public transit system is totally ready for nobody to have cars.... Our GDP totally won't fall to 10% is what it was before once nobody can go to work.

What, do those plebs not have driveways or garages for their cars? I never have to park on the street, since I just drive up my driveway across my 1/2 acre lawn. It's quite nice having that "wasted" use of land for my kids to play on whenever they want.