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Some observations

I know I've blogged previously on how events tend to take on added significance, when you've been diagnosed with a terminal illness, but on a recent trip to Dallas, I learned it's not just events that become more significant. I have also become more aware of my surroundings as well.

When I flew into the Dallas/Fort Worth airport (DFW) last week, I took notice of just how much open land there was.

Now I know that isn't really news, nor is it something I never realized. I know there is plenty of open land in this country everywhere, even in California, but what I never really thought about was how little open land there was approaching the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), as compared to the approach into DFW.

What also caught my attention was how few golf course there were, visible from the air, as we approached DFW, compared to the number of golf courses, visible from the air, approaching LAX.

I would think, with all the open land surround DFW, I would have seen several golf courses, but I did not see a single golf course.

Even with all the people, homes, businesses, roads, in the LA area, which seems to create so much congestion, in the minds of many people, there are an almost endless supply of golf courses to play in the area.

Even within a 10 mile radius, in any directions from where I live, there are no less than 5 courses (not counting the private, par 3 or executive courses, which adds at least another 5 courses), and if you increase that radius to 15 miles, there are another 6 courses, that I can think of, and have played (again not counting the private, par 3 or executive courses, which adds an even greater number of courses).

And if you go beyond that distance, there are just countless courses. No matter where you live, in the LA/Long Beach are, you don't have to drive far to play a round of golf.

So how can an area, so over populated as LA, find room for so many courses, yet an area like Dallas/Fort Worth, with so much surrounding open space, seem to have so few golf courses.

Just what do people do in Texas to amuse themselves? Doesn't anyone play golf?

Inquiring minds want to know!
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