I'm sorry, did someone build a bougie suburb on the desert without thinking twice about the environment 
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
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This is very much a problem of their own creation it seems. Twice failed to identify where water would come from and built anyway.
It’s pretty damming that you can link to Wikipedia to prove it.
It was supposed to be a golfer’s paradise.
Cue music
As my water service collects a massive mountain of debt
I take a look at the golf course and realize there's nothing left.
'Cause I been drivin' and puttin' so long, that
I didn't realize the water is gone.
We've been spending most our lives
Living in a Golfer's Paradise
We're just white and racist guys
Living in a Golfer's Paradise
There's no time for women's rights
Living in a Golfer's Paradise
We don't fight, we just call ICE
Living in a Golfer's Paradise
originally the developers subsidized the water bills to entice buyers
There’s the bullshit right there. It was always stupid expensive to get water there, but the developers made it seem more reasonable and we can be pretty sure buried that detail deep in contracts. Shady sales tactic to obfuscate the eventual costs in order to offload assets that shouldn’t have been built in the first place.
Sure “buyer beware” and all, but I have more rage for the builder than the people that got duped and are now stretched beyond their budget.
The State should consume these predatory building companies and take over the operations of building houses with all the benefits of scale accruing to both buyers and State residents. Cut out the middle men from every bloated industry.
Huh. It's almost like you can't use finite resources as if they're cheap and infinite forever. Fuck golf courses.
I'm part of a Karen Facebook group that's in my neighborhood. Joined because I saw their annoying signs in yards about "don't allow 5 story housing here".
It's basically what you'd expect. A bunch of racist white people that don't want their property value going down while they live in their single family home with no children.
Recently the title of one of their emails was along the lines of.
UPDATE: City wants to charge single family homes MORE property tax. And they still can't provide good water pressure to the top of the hill!
It's like. Dude. Your complaint is explaining itself. Single family homes are a massive loss to city infrastructure. Maybe if you let that 3-5 story unit be built up the hill they'd have enough tax revenue to improve the water infrastructure.
They are always always shooting themselves in the foot with every argument they make. It's why I joined the group. It's very entertaining.
Good.
Let it disappear, that abomination isn't supposed to exist in the first place
It's literally called Diablo Grande. Do you think water is supposed to go there?!
Getting strong "Sudden Valley" vibes here.
Seems like a great place for a golf course.
Someone help me out. Do rich golfers care about me?
What is wrong with building towns in the desert?
Maybe this is what Trump was thinking about when “they won’t let water go to California”.
Was there an article, or did you just want to stunt on people?
Added it in. My mistake. :)
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