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There's a huge difference between maintaining absurd grass lawns (about everywhere but in rainy England) and maintaining reasonable vegetation.
by wazoox 4y ago
There's a huge difference between maintaining absurd grass lawns (about everywhere but in rainy England) and maintaining reasonable vegetation.
- nine_k 4y agoThere is some well-known reasonable vegetation in arid climate: things that naturally grow in such conditions. A cactus here, a baobab there, things like that. That would give a city an even more unique look.
- oneplane 4y agoThere's also the difference between building stuff in a desert and building it in a more moderate location... I figure the only reason this stuff is being done at all is because somewhere there is some margin to be made. Sadly, that doesn't magically create more water, but money doesn't care about that.
- irrational 4y agoWe can maintain a grass lawn in the PNW without watering it, but I still replaced mine with artificial turf since I hated mowing it. I definitely wouldn’t want to maintain reasonable vegetation.