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Originally Posted by BrianL99
(Post 2133684)
Perhaps they should also supply rackets?
Fishing lures for the fisherman?
Tires for bicyclists?
Do they supply tennis balls, for tennis players?
The order of magnitude isn't the issue, it's the judgement of those in charge. Like the $1,000,000 Lake Miona Walking Trail.
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Order of magnitude is everything. Some stuff makes sense, some doesn't. I don't know the precise machinations of how things were decided. Who decided it would be nice to plant flowers and have waterfalls, and who decides exactly how much money goes into the maintenance of executive golf courses, and how many courses there would be? Someone did at some point.
Anyone who plays executive golf in TV knows that the courses could be better maintained, and it would be grand to have more of them. Someone in charge decided that what would work for the community being designed, and the market for the homes in that community, would be what we have.
To those people, it made sense to have pickleballs supplied as part of the amenities package. I suppose everything is negotiable. Things are fluid and can be altered.
Perhaps it was decided that given the number of residents who play PB, and the relative cost of balls, it made sense to provide them. It makes sense to me, but then, I'm a pickleball player and I understand how difficult it would be if we all showed up with our own balls, of different type, during community play.
My breakdown of cost, per resident, was to illustrate that while the total number of balls, and cost may seem exorbitant, when broken down per household, it's minuscule.
If you don't see that your comparisons are ridiculous, perhaps, as I suggested before, you should go before the people who decide these things and try to convince them that we shouldn't be providing pickleballs, or we should be providing fishing lures.
