Opinion: There is a good reason why nobody plays golf in Manhattan

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Cities with a large population and expensive housing do not have golf courses near their centre, due to the self-evident inefficiency of that land use, writes Paddy Smyth.

Paddy Smyth Fine Gael Councillor THE BOROUGH OF Manhattan, an exemplar of efficient land use, is undoubtedly a wonderful place to live or visit.

Golf requires a number of things – time, small balls, clubs, implausible clothing and land. A lot of land. That every man, women and child must be given a set of clubs at birth and spend every moment of their spare time playing the sport.In truth, golf is no more popular in Dublin than any other part of the western world.

The solution to this congestion that is often suggested, usually proffered with an air of exasperation that know no-one seems to have thought of it before, is that all Dublin needs to do is simply build an underground system. Our current problems in housing and transport will continue to grow exponentially and generation after generation will spend more and more of their income on housing and waste more and more of their time in traffic. That is not just a waste of time to the commuter but also incredibly damaging to the economy and the environment.

 

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