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Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy.
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Can leave it as a public park instead of a private endeavor that the public can’t access.
Disc golf courses are awesome use for that land, and anyone can play for free, there’s no upkeep.
A public park is government funded. A flood plain is expensive to maintain. Better to just let someone else deal with it.
Remember that local governments only have so much budget, and it's shared between many things. You can't just spend money on everything, somethings got to give