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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Is Spain just that much less densely populated or do they just not care for tennis as much as the rest of western Europe? Both?

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Spain is mostly very sparsely populated outside of big cities.

But of course this isn't a map of tennis courts, it's a map of tennis courts that are entered in OpenStreetMap.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago

That's a good point, OpenStreetMap coverage could simply be worse in more rural parts of Eastern Europe

[–] SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In Spain, a lot of if tennis courts have been replaced with padel courts (more profitable and trendy).

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Is that what they call pickleball there?

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 6 points 3 weeks ago

no, different sports.

[–] ECB@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's a different sport that originated in Mexico but has been expanding fast throughout South America and Europe.

I think Pickleball is more of a US thing

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I also started wondering if this was just another population density map