That’s more LA than the full state. Living in SF, for example, doesn’t require a car (though has its own share of problems, like all places)

Air conditioning and swimming pools

Well that’s deeply disappointing yet sadly not all that surprising.

My beef with them is it gives a comment an artificially high “vote” which tends to dominate the discussion (people feel it’s a higher quality comment point), even if the content on its own doesn’t merit it.

I hear what you’re saying. While golf does have a significant amount of raw muscularity into it (just take a look on average drive distances: for example where men typically average out about 60 yards further) and might make some sense separated out, skill sports where dexterity and control play the only role seem to me to be fair cross genders.

Precision shooting is a good example where the divide doesn’t make a lot of sense.