Re: The Nation: 'The Country and the City'

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Date:         Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:11:56 +0000
From: "B. Diamond" <mailto:bdiamond@MIND.NET>
Subject:      Re: The Nation: 'The Country and the City'
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>

Reinaldo Vicini wrote:

>> Ah yes.  If ever there was a cure for society's ills it would most certainly be the

>> addition of another 18 hole golf course by US developers.....#

>

> What is wrong with that? Is it embarrasing to use tourism a way to

> obtain foreign currency taking care of the environment at the same

> time?.


Golf courses (at least in this country) are just slightly less toxic than, say, a
battery manufacturer.  Fertilizers, pesticides, herbacides, all produce polluted
run-off that contaminate local water systems, while simultaneously using huge
amounts of water to keep the "green" appearence.

BD

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