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by jedberg 733 days ago
Lawns are illegal in most of Arizona actually. Golf course make money and prioritize that over the environmental impact.

Also, most of those golf courses are taking advantage of 150+ year old water rights laws that no longer make sense in our current environment.
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brewdad 733 days ago
That is either patently untrue or there are a whole lot of loopholes. I used to live in Phoenix more than 20 years ago and had a lawn that matched anything you'd find in Chicago. I still have about a dozen friends living in the Phoenix metro and all of them have at least a patch of lawn, not to mention the grass areas maintained by the HOA.
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hosh 733 days ago
I live in Phoenix now, and there are plenty of lawns.
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